Orthopaedics at the Upper Valais Hospital Centre
"Quality of treatment through specialisation, innovation, process optimisation and digitalisation"
In order to increase the quality of treatment, each of the orthopaedic senior physicians is dedicated to a particular specialist area. They do this in their own specialised consultation hours as well as in their surgical work.
Many operations are supported and monitored by intraoperative digitalisation.
The quality of treatment is continuously improved through constant innovation and optimisation of treatment processes (rapid recovery).
A total of around 6,000 orthopaedic patient consultations take place annually in the various special consultation hours.
The orthopaedics department of the Upper Valais Hospital Centre is based in Brig.
Department overview
Department management
The range of services offered by the Department of Orthopaedics is divided into various sub-specialisations due to the specialisation of the senior physicians:
- Orthopaedics of the large joints (Dr Ottersbach, Dr Cremer)
Endoprosthetic, tissue-sparing, minimally invasive and process-optimised implantation of artificial joints in the hip, knee and shoulder.
Arthroscopic procedures on the hip, knee and shoulder joints.
Conservative treatment procedures including autologous blood plasma therapy and hyaluronic acid injections for osteoarthritis. - Hand surgery (Dr Markiefka)
Elective treatment of diseases of the hand such as carpal tunnel release, ring ligament splitting, scoring arthrosis and much more.
Emergency treatment of complex injuries or infections of the hand.
Close co-operation with occupational therapy in the follow-up treatment of hand operations. - Orthopaedics of the foot (Dr Gebel, Dr Markiefka)
Conservative and surgical treatment of the foot. Interdisciplinary treatment of complex foot pathologies such as "diabetic foot disease". Co-treatment of complex foot injuries. - Sports medicine (Dr Cremer, Dr Gebel, Dr Weippert)
Interdisciplinary treatment of musculoskeletal disorders in athletes. Contact for various sports teams and individual athletes in the Upper Valais.
- Orthopaedics of the large joints (Dr Ottersbach, Dr Cremer)
Appointments with the specialised management physicians can be made by appointment at the orthopaedic office in Brig.
Specialist consultations are held both at Brig Hospital and partly at the SZO Outpatient Centre in Centerpark Visp.
Registration via
Orthopaedics office
Überlandstrasse 14
3900 BrigTelephone number: +41 (0) 27 604 31 13
