Prof. honey. Thor Zantop is an internationally recognized specialist in arthroscopic knee surgery. His intensive scientific work provides the basis for the most advanced surgical care for patients with anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries, meniscus problems and degenerative knee injuries.
After training at the University of Pittsburgh Sports Medicine Center and the University Hospital Muenster, he specialized in the surgical and conservative treatment of athletes. As a former athlete in the German handball league, his main clinical activity here, in addition to caring for professional athletes, is caring for recreational and recreational athletes.
After making a diagnosis, patient-centered surgical technique and monitoring early rehabilitation, Professor Zantop performs a post-operative movement analysis to check the return to sporting activity and prevent further injury. The "return to play" concept he founded. In the meantime, I have found many imitators throughout Germany, who, however, cannot come close to the experience of postoperative analysis of movements in sporthopaedicum.
Since 2013, Professor Zantop has been included in the FOCUS list of doctors as a specialist in knee surgery.
Since 2018, he has headed Germany's first center for pediatric knee surgery, endoprosthetics and sports orthopedics of the German Knee Society at Sporthopädicum Straubing. Professor Zantop has been a visiting professor at Danube University Krems since 2021. Prof. Zantop trains physiotherapists for the German Olympic Sports Confederation.
Since 2021, Professor Zantop has been recognized as an expert in the fields of knee surgery, sports orthopedics and sports medicine.
Direction of treatment
- First ACL reconstruction and recurrence of instability (recurrent instability) after ACL reconstruction
- First posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and recurrence of instability (recurrent instability) after posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Primary refixation of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments
- Collateral ligament reconstructions (peripheral instability)
- Surgeries on the meniscus using sutures and partial resections
- Cartilage surgery for cartilage regeneration or replacement, unilateral cartilage transplantation
Resume
- 1996 Start of medical studies at the Christian Albrecht University, Kiel.
- 1998 – 2001 Research trainee at the Anatomical Institute of Kiel, surgical courses at the Center for Clinical Anatomy and preparation courses for gross anatomy
- 2001 Six-month research internship at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
- 2003 AIP Clinic and Polyclinic for Orthopedics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel
- 2004 - 2005 AGA Pittsburgh Fellow, 2004 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
- 2005 - 2011 Trainee at the Clinic and Clinic for Emergency Surgery, Hand Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster
- 2009 Senior Physician, Department of Sports Traumatology, Clinic and Clinic for Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Münster
- 2010 Habilitation and obtaining Venia legendi in the subject of experimental orthopedics and trauma surgery. Title of the candidate's thesis: “Research on anatomical double-bundle reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament.”
- since 2011 he has been working at the Shportopedicum clinic
Direction of treatment
- Reconstruction of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments
- Diagnosis of the knee joint
- Revision surgery after failed knee ligament surgery
- Stabilization of the internal and external ligaments in complex injuries
- Meniscus fixation
- Cartilage surgery and cartilage transplantation
- X-ray for damage to the posterior cruciate ligament
- Techniques and basics of arthroscopic surgery
Membership:
- Honorary Member of the Orthopedic and Traumatological Society (GOTS)
- Founding member of the German Knee Society (DKG)
- Society of Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA)
