History

The Clinic for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at Bern's Inselspital has a long tradition. Prof. Maurice E. Müller was the Director of the Clinic for Orthopaedics at the Inselspital from 1963 to 1980. To this day, Bern is known across the globe for achievements and innovations in orthopaedics and trauma surgery. In the 1960s, Prof. Maurice E. Müller played a major role in the development of the total hip replacement along with modern osteosynthesis techniques. As a founding member of the International Hip Society and the AO Foundation, Maurice E. Müller was a pioneer in modern orthopaedic surgery.

His successor, Prof. Reinhold Ganz, Director of the Clinic for Orthopaedics at the Inselspital from 1981 to 2004, pioneered hip joint preservation surgery. His achievements, including periacetabular osteotomy, safe surgical dislocation of the hip without risk of necrosis and the discovery of femoroacetabular impingement, represent milestones in hip surgery.

Since 2005, Prof. Klaus A. Siebenrock has been Director of the Clinic for Orthopaedics at the Inselspital. Together with his team, he has further developed hip joint preservation surgery to the highest level. Under his leadership, prominent experts in hip joint preservation surgery gather at the Bern Hip Symposium every two years in Bern.

  • 2017

    The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

    The current team at the Inselspital Orthopaedic Clinic with Director Prof. Dr. med. Klaus A. Siebenrock
    The current team at the Inselspital Orthopaedic Clinic with Director Prof. Dr. med. Klaus A. Siebenrock.
  • 2016

    Hip Symposium 2016

    Successful symposium on joint-preserving hip surgery with international experts from eight countries. A live surgery demonstrating surgical hip dislocation with a femoral osteotomy and open treatment of femoral head avascular necrosis was presented. The symposium articles were published in the internationally renowned journal for orthopaedic surgery « Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® » under a separate symposium.

    Faculty of Hip Symposium 2016
    Faculty of Hip Symposium 2016
  • 2016

    Pauwels Medal for Prof. Dr. med. Klaus A. Siebenrock

    For his achievements in the field of pelvis and hip surgery, Prof. Dr. med. Klaus A. Siebenrock was awarded the Pauwels Medal on 27 October at the German Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Berlin.

    Pauwels Medaille für Prof. Dr. med. Klaus A. Siebenrock 2016
    Pauwels Medal for Prof. Dr. med. Klaus A. Siebenrock
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    Pauwels Medal
  • 1997

    Development of surgical hip dislocation

    In the 1990s, Prof. R. Ganz developed the surgical hip dislocation. This procedure allows dislocation of the hip without the risk of avascular necrosis. This innovative way of accessing the hip joint lead to new understanding of various hip pathologies such as femoroacetabular impingement and cleared the way for innovative surgical therapy.

    Surgical hip dislocation
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    Original publication (PDF)
  • 1984

    First case of periacetabular osteotomy (PAO)

    In 1984, Prof. Prof. R. Ganz performed the first periacetabular osteotomy (PAO). Compared to earlier osteotomies, this type of pelvic osteotomy has the benefit of very high acetabular reorientation potential in combination with improved pelvic ring stability due to the intact posterior column. In the meantime, PAO has become the gold standard in the treatment of hip dysplasia.

    First case of periacetabular osteotomy (PAO)
    First case of periacetabular osteotomy (PAO) 1984
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    Original publication of
    periacetabular osteotomy
  • 1980

    Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold Ganz

    Prof. Dr. med. R. Ganz was Director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Inselspital from 1981 to 2004. He pioneered hip joint preservation surgery. His achievements, including periacetabular osteotomy, safe surgical dislocation of the hip without risk of necrosis and the discovery of femoroacetabular impingement, represent milestones in hip surgery.

    Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold Ganz
    Prof. Dr. med. Reinhold Ganz
  • 1978

    Fellows at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Inselspital

    For decades now, the Orthopaedic Clinic at Inselspital Bern has received fellows interested in expanding their knowledge of hip surgery. Since the time of Prof. Maurice E. Müller, the Orthopaedic Clinic has received hundreds of visiting physicians from all over the world.

    Fellows at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology at the Inselspital 1978
  • 1976

    International Hip Society

    Along with Frank E. Stinchfield and Sir John Charnely, Prof. Maurice E. Müller was a founding member of the International Hip Society in the year 1976. The image brings together the International Hip Society on the balcony of the Inselspital.

    International Hip Society 1976
    International Hip Society 1976
  • 1966

    M. E. Müller total hip replacement

    In the 1960s, Prof. Maurice E. Müller played a major role in the development of the total hip replacement. The design he developed together with Sir John Charnely is still used to this day in a modified form.

    M. E. Müller total hip replacement
  • 1958

    AO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen) Foundation

    Prof. Maurice E. Müller was a founding member of the AO Foundation which was formed in the year 1958. The AO revolutionised the knowledge and techniques used in osteosynthesis. To this day, it remains the leading organisation in traumatology for development and training.

    Association for the Study of Internal Fixation (AO Foundation)
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    AO Foundation
  • 1946

    Doctoral thesis by Maurice E. Müller

    As he began his career in orthopaedics, Maurice E. Müller completed his doctoral studies in 1946 with a thesis on Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease.

    Doktorarbeit von Maurice Müller
    Doctoral thesis by Maurice E. Müller (PDF)

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