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'''Wolfgang Franz (Physician) ''' Wolfgang Franz (born December 19, 1958, in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany) is a German surgeon, trauma surgeon and sports medicine physician specializing in knee surgery.

'''Contents 1 Career timeline 2 Science awards 3 Publications 4 TV and Radio 5 Weblinks 6 References'''

'''Career timeline ''' Franz studied medicine in Mainz and Koblenz. From 1984 to 1993, he served as a physician in various hospitals and completed his training as a specialist in surgery, trauma surgery and sports medicine.

From 1989 to 2000, he was the physician for the Bundesliga 1. FC Kaiserslautern soccer team. Since the 2000/2001 season, he has been the club doctor for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. In 1991 and in the following years, Franz completed several guest residencies with well-known knee surgeons, including Richard Steadman in Vail, Colorado, and Heinz-Jürgen Eichhorn in Straubing, Germany.

Since 1993, Franz has been practicing as an independent surgeon at the Lutrina Clinic in Kaiserslautern, where he performs out-patient and in-patient procedures. He is also the knee specialist at the Kreiskrankenhaus Grünstadt and the Ethianum in Heidelberg.

Each year, Franz carries out approximately 1,000 knee surgeries. With the help of arthroscopic – that is, minimally invasive – procedures, he reconstructs torn ligaments (anterior and posterior ligaments) as well as defective menisci, treats patients with knee instability, and carries out revision surgery. In the case of knee arthrosis, Franz preserves the joint with the help of special procedures, such as cartilage transplantation (ArtroCell 3D) and the AMIC method (Autologous Matrix-Induced Chondrogenesis), or through the use of partial prostheses (unicondylar knee replacement).

In the year 2000, Franz developed his own minimally invasive surgical technique for the gentle harvesting of the tendon graft for the reconstruction of the cruciate ligament and introduced it in scientific papers, workshops and lectures. In a scientific study, it was proven that tendon harvesting can be accomplished more quickly with this modern technique than with conventional methods, the skin incisions are considerably smaller, and there are fewer complications[1].

Franz is an instructor for the AGA (German-Speaking Arthroscopy Association) and a member of the following professional organizations: AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons / American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons), OARSI [|(Osteoarthritis Research Society International)], ISAKOS [|(International Society for Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine)], ICRS (International Cartilage Repair Society), GOTS (German-Austrian-Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Traumatologic Sports Medicine) and DGSP (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sportmedizin und Prävention). He is also the author of a number of scientific publications and the editor of a book on groin pain among athletes.

He gives lectures for patients entitled “Knee pain – Modern forms of therapy,” some of which are attended by audiences of several hundred people[2][3]. Medical colleagues from all over the world receive training from Franz in workshops in current methods of arthroscopic knee surgery. Under his leadership, scientific studies are carried out at the Lutrina Clinic.

Franz’s video clips on YouTube of artificial joints, torn ligaments and meniscus damage have been viewed more than 40,000 times (as at: July 2017).

Franz can be seen regularly on television. On the program “Volle Kanne” on the German station ZDF, he explained why yoga can also cause knee injuries and how these can be prevented. In an earlier “Volle Kanne” program, Franz can be seen treating a torn ligament suffered by a volleyball player. In the “Galileo” program on the Pro7 channel, he demonstrated the reconstruction of a torn ligament that had been discovered in the knee joint by Belgian scientists in 2013 and was described in the press as a “new body part”[4].

Science awards

2016: Alwin Jäger Award with the working group composed of: B. Drews, O. Kessler, W. Franz, M. Freutel and L. Dürselen: Biomechanical analysis of the elongation and function of the anterolateral ligament.

'''Publications '''

With Werner Overbeck (Ed.): Der Leistenschmerz des Sportlers [Groin Pain of the Athlete]. Springer 1995, ISBN 978-3-642-79620-3.

With Robert Schäfer: Die Knie-Sprechstunde [The Knee Consultation Hour]. Herbig 2007, ISBN 978-3-7766-2544-8 (2nd Edition, 2010).

With Robert Schäfer: Knie-Arthrose [Knee Arthrosis]. Herbig 2008, ISBN 978-3-7766-2586-8, (5th Edition, 2016).

With Robert Schäfer: Die Knie-Sprechstunde [The Knee Consultation Hour]. Weltbild Soft Cover 2012, ISBN 978-3-8289-5086-3 (3rd Edition, 2012).

With Robert Schäfer: Osteoarthritis of the knee: Entire range of therapies to ensure mobility and quality of life. E-Book, Herbig Verlag 2013.

With Sachin Tapasvi (Ed.): Techniques in ACL Surgery. Jaypee Bros. 2017, ISBN 978-93-5270-036-3.

TV and Radio

Bei Knie-Arthrose kann immer geholfen werden [Help is always possible for knee arthrosis], in: Maimarkt Mannheim: SWR 4 Gläsernes Studio of 30 April 2013, live broadcast

Segment about a ligament patient, in: ZDF Volle Kanne of 23 August 2012

Segment about the anterior lateral ligament (ALL), in: PRO7 Galileo of 13 May 2014

Knee killer yoga. Not everyone profits from meditative trend sport, in: ZDS Volle Kanne of 22 April 2015.

When the knee snaps – Radio segment about (almost) scar-free tendon removal in the case of ligament tears, in: SWR 2 of 23 June 2015.

Morgenmagazin, Knee consultation hour with Dr. Franz, in: Maimarkt Mannheim: SWR 4 Gläsernes Studio of 4 May 2017, live broadcast.

Weblinks

Lutrina Klinik Kaiserslautern

Ethianum Heidelberg,

Kreiskrankenhaus Grünstadt

Franz explains one-sided knee arthrosis, examination and operation of a sliding prosthesis

In his consultation hour, Franz explains the meniscus tear, shows patient examination, diagnosis and therapy with arthroscopy, and discusses alternatives and follow-up treatment

Franz explains the examination, operation and follow-up treatment for a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament

References

1. Wolfgang Franz, Andreas Baumann: Minimally invasive semitendinosus tendon harvesting from the popliteal fossa versus conventional hamstring tendon harvesting for ACL reconstruction: A prospective, randomized controlled trial in 100 patients. In: The Knee. Vol. 23, No. 1. 1 January 2016, ISSN 0968-0160, p. 106–110, doi:10.1016/j.knee.2015.09.001 (thekneejournal.com [downloaded on 2 June 2017]).

2. “Knieschmerz – moderne Therapieformen” [Knee pain – Modern forms of therapy]. Due to great demand in May – Lecture by knee expert and bestselling author Dr. Wolfgang Franz in Weinheim on Tuesday, 8 November, at the Rolf-Engelbrecht-Haus, Grosser Saal. 17 October 2016, downloaded on 6 June 2017.

3. Experte im Bereich Knie-OP. [Experts in knee surgery.] Weinheimer Nachrichten, 19 April 2016, downloaded on 6 June 2017.

4. Birgit Henrich: Hoffnung für Kreuzbandriss-Patienten: Neues Körperteil im Knie entdeckt [Hope for patients with ligament tears: New body part discovered in the knee.] 7 November 2013, downloaded on 6 June 2017.