China and Germany team up to bring knee preservation to a new chapter

2024年盛夏，德国慕尼黑骨外科医院合伙人、德国明斯特大学教授Herbort教授应邀到河南省直第三人民医院进行为期一周的客座教授交流。这是一次保膝治疗学习硕果累累的交流，Herbort教授在一周之中与医院骨科沙宇主任以及团队进行了专家会诊、门诊、科室管理、科研项目开展、大师公开课、手术指导与手术直播等活动。门诊中，Herbort教授吸引了来自全中国的患者前来河南省直三院寻医问诊，其中包括有退役排球运动员、马拉松运动员、篮球、足球运动员等受过运动损伤的患者，都接受了Herbort教授专业细致的查体和诊疗。Herbort教授每年ACL重建手术超过400台，基于其丰富的ACL重建诊疗经验，他在手术指导期间特别指出ACL韧带重建需要伴MCL处理，才能让膝关节更稳定，避免ACL因为运动伤再次撕脱。2024年8月2日周五中午，在中德关节外科交流与大师公开课暨第三十四届截骨与软骨修复再生技术保膝学习班中，这位来自德国的天才级运动骨科专家在河南省直三院与沙宇主任团队一起进行了HTO截骨手术，并全球直播。这是一次精准高效的手术直播，Herbort教授在术中详细分解了手术步骤，并且重点强调保护胫骨处的特定神经，以此避免术后患者产生后续疼痛问题。Herbort教授手术技艺精准高超，与沙宇主任团队术中合作无间.本次手术直播吸引了14.5万在线观看人次，是一次非常成功的线上手术指导活动。本次Herbort教授中国行学术活动的成功举办，标志着中德专家在保膝外科领域的合作迈上了新台阶，也为河南省直第三人民医院骨科的发展注入了新的动力。这次活动不仅提升了该院骨科的技术与诊疗水平，也为更多的患者带来了福音。

In the summer of 2024, Prof. Mirco Herbort, Partner of OCM Clinic, Munich, Germany and Orthopedic professor of Muenster University, was invited to participate in a one-week visiting professor exchange at Henan No. 3 Provincial People's Hospital.It was a fruitful exchange focusing on knee preservation and treatment. During this week, Prof. Herbort engaged in a range of academic exchange activities with Director Sha Yu and his team at the hospital, including expert consultations, outpatient clinics, discussion on department management and research project, open classes, surgical guidance and live surgeries.In the outpatient clinic at Henan No. 3 Provincial People's Hospital, Prof. Herbort checked patients from across China, providing physical examinations, diagnosis and treatment for them. Patients like retired volleyball players, marathon runners, basketball and football athletes with sports injuries all came and visited the hospital because of him.Prof. Herbort performs over 400 ACL reconstruction annually. Based on his extensive experience in ACL reconstruction, during the surgical guidance, he particularly emphasized that ACL reconstruction should be accompanied by MCL treatment to stabilize the knee joint more effectively, reducing the risk of ACL rerupture due to sports injuries.At noon of Friday, August 2, 2024, during the Sino-German Joint Surgery & Master Open Class Day & 34th Knee Preservation Workshop on Osteotomy and Cartilage Repair Regeneration Techniques, Prof. Herbort, this distinguished sports orthopedic expert from Germany, collaborating with Director Sha Yu's team at Henan No. 3 Provincial People's Hospital, performed a globally live HTO surgery. This precise and efficient live surgery featured Prof. Herbort's detailed breakdown of the surgical procedure, with an emphasis on protecting specific nerve in the tibial side to prevent postoperative pain issues for patients. Prof. Herbort demonstrated such an exceptional surgery in collaboration with Director Sha Yu's team. The live surgery attracted 145,000 online viewing, making it a highly successful online surgical guidance event.The great success of Prof. Herbort's visiting professor activity to China marks a new milestone in the collaboration between Chinese and German experts in the field of knee preservation surgery. It also injects new vitality into the development of the Orthopedics Department of Henan No. 3 Provincial People's Hospital. This event has not only enhanced the technical and diagnostic capabilities of the hospital's orthopedic department but also brought hope to more patients.