www.orthomit.de

Contact:
Prof. Klaus Radermacher, PhD
radermacher(at)hia.rwth-aachen.de

The objective of OrthoMIT is to develop an integrated platform for smart interventional therapy of bone and joint diseases in orthopaedic surgery and traumatology,as well as to demonstrate its clinical usability and cost efficiency.

Orthopaedic surgery concerns more than 1,000,000 patients in Europe per year. About 150,000 hip replacements and 8,000 knee replacement surgeries are performed in Germany per year, about 20 % of which are revision surgeries. 750,000 spinal nucleotomies are performed per year world wide. The costs for interventions on hip, knee or spine in Germany have been about 4.39 Billion Euro in 2002. The average hospital stay for orthopaedic interventions was about 12 days in Germany. Estimated 50 Million work days are lost in Europe every year after orthopaedic surgery. Any negative consequence of an intervention therefore represents a major factor in the patients quality of life and causes high costs for hospitalisation, rehabilitation and loss of working power and mobility.