Privatklinik Lindberg

PD Dr med Peter Koch

Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology of the musculoskeletal system, FMH
Specialist in knee surgery

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Further accreditations (1)
  • Privatklinik Belair

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Hospital (1)
Gelenkzentrum Winterthur AG
Schickstrasse 11
8400 Winterthur

Work Experience

since 2021

Independent practice at the Joint Centre Winterthur AG
Attending physician at Privatklinik Lindberg Winterthur
Attending physician at Privatklinik Belair Private Clinic Schaffhausen

2014 - 2021

Deputy Director of the Department of Surgery Head of the Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology at Winterthur Cantonal Hospital

2005 - 2013

Head and later Head Physician Knee Surgery (Prof. C. Gerber) Balgrist Orthopaedic University Hospital, Zurich

2003 - 2004

Senior Physician Orthopaedics (Prof. C. Gerber) Balgrist Orthopaedic University Hospital, Zurich

2002 - 2003

Senior Physician Orthopaedics and Traumatology (Prof. R. Ganz) Orthopaedic University Hospital Inselspital, Bern

1999 - 2002

Orthopaedics (Prof. C. Gerber) Orthopaedic University Clinic Balgrist, Zurich

1997 - 1998

Orthopaedics and Traumatology (Prof. R.P. Jakob) Hôpital Cantonal Fribourg

1996

General Surgery and Traumatology Surgical Clinic (Prof. M. Decurtins) Cantonal Hospital Winterthur

Education

2012

Received Venia Legendi, appointed private lecturer at the University of Zurich

2002

Specialist FMH Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology of the Musculoskeletal System

1995

Degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern

1994

Dissertation

Memberships

Swiss Medical Association (FMH)
Swiss Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SGOT)
Knee Expert Group (EGK) of the SGOT (currently President, until probably 2022)
Swiss Society for Sports Medicine (SGSM)
European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
European Knee Associates (EKA)
International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS)
European Knee Society (EKS)
Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery (AGA), board member

Competences

Specialisation; treatment of traumatological and degenerative damage to the knee joint

- Knee arthroscopic operations (e.g. meniscectomy)
- Meniscus replacement operations, meniscus transplants
- Reconstruction of anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments, reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament in adolescents, all treatment of the most complex ligament injuries including knee dislocations and their consequential damage
- Stabilisation operations for patellar instability (MPFL reconstruction, trochleoplasty) in adolescents and adults
- Surgery for cartilage damage
- Osteotomies (realignment operations) for degenerative changes or (post-traumatic) deformities of the knee joint
- Artificial knee joint replacement (partial knee prostheses, total knee prostheses; personalised technique, PSI), revision operations on artificial joints, knee prosthesis replacement including complex artificial joint reconstructions on the knee joint

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