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Dr. med. Arnold Gurndin

Specialist in Orthopedics and Sports Traumatology
Trauma and Orthopedic surgeon

Medical Director of the Dolomiti Sportclinic

In 2010 Dr. Arnold Gurndin founded the Dolomiti Sportclinic with the vision of becoming the leading institution in the Dolomites for sports traumatology and orthopedics. As medical director of the Dolomiti Sportclinic and ambitious surgeon the clinic has continuously grown under his medical management.

"Make the impossible happen!"

Range of services

Arthroscopic surgery

Shoulder
Elbow
Wrist
Hip
Knee
Ankle

Sports Traumatology

Meniscus tear
Anterior cruciate ligament rupture
Tendon ruptures (Achilles tendon, biceps tendon, peroneus tendon, tib. post. tendon)
Rotator’s cuff tear
Shoulder luxation
AC- joint luxation
Shaft-and joint fractures of the upper and lower extremities

Prothetik

Knie (Teil- und Vollprothesen)
Sprunggelenk
Hüfte (Oberflächenersatz, Standardprothese, Frakturprothese

Foot surgery

Forefoot corrections (Hallux valgus, Hallux rigidus, hammer toe, playfoot)
Hindfoot corrections (kinked flatfoot in children and adults, concave foot, post-traumatic deformities and arthrosis)
Impingement syndromes/ Morton Neurom
Tendon surgeries (Achilles tendon, peroneus tendon, tib. post. tendon, tendon transfer surgeries)

Cartilage replacement surgeries

Knee joint
Ankle joint
Elbow joint
Toe joints

Publications

2017 Congress about back pain and spine surgery at the Dolomiti Sportclinic in Ortisei
2016 Congress about hand surgery at the Dolomiti Sportclinic in Ortisei
2013 Congress about the rotator’s cuff rupture at the Dolomiti Sportclinic in Ortisei
2010 Agenda della Salute, Gennaio-Febbraio 2010: Spalla e Ginocchio: Traumatologia della Spalla, Principi di trattamento mini-invasivo
2009: ORF- Südtirol heute: Video-Beitrag zum Thema Hallux Valgus
2008: Vortrag “Unsere Füße tragen uns durchs Leben” im Kolpinghaus Bozen
2007: Vortrag “Unsere Füße tragen uns durchs Leben” im Blindenzentrum St. Raphael Bozen
2006: Live- Sendung im RAI – Sender Bozen zum Thema: “Hallux Valgus”
2004: Vortrag “The BLM Knee Defect Classification – Proposal for a DGOOC- Bone Defect Classifiacation in Primary & Revision Knee Artroplasty”, DGOOC Kongress in Berlin
Vortrag “Ellbogenverletzungen im Wintersport – state of the art”, Kaprun- Zell am See (Austria), Sportmedizinischer Kongress
Vortrag “Schulterluxation – state of the art”, Kaprun- Zell am See (Austria), Sportmedizinischer Kongress
2002: Fortbildungsreihe – vertiefte Ausbildung für Physiotherapeuten am Regionalkrankenhaus Bozen: Lesen von Befunden (Röntgen, CT, MRI) der Wirbelsäule, Schulter, Hüfte
Vortrag “La patologia dell’articolazione coxo-femorale – le fratture femorali, trattamento chirurgico”, Allg. Krankenhaus Meran
1999: Poster “Injury pattern of Handball players in Innsbruck”, 10th European Congress on Sports Medicine, Innsbruck
1998: Vortrag “Der Bänderriss – die typische Indoor- Verletzung”, Internationales Raiffeinsen- Symposium Innsbruck
1990-1991: Herausgabe eines 640 Seiten umfassenden Skriptums zum Fach “Pharmakologie und Toxikologie” – medizin. Fachschaft der UNI IBK

Career

Medical studies at the Leopold – Franzens – University Innsbruck
Execution of military service as medical director at the financial guard in Trento
Training as a specialist in trauma surgery and sports traumatology in Italy (Brixen), Austria (Bludenz, Hohenems, Feldkirch) and Germany (Munich and Murnau)
Training as an emergency doctor in Austria
2001 return to the hospital of Merano as a specialist in trauma surgery and sports traumatology. The main areas of activity are trauma surgery and arthroscopic interventions on the shoulder and knee. Subsequently training as a specialist in orthopedics and orthopedic surgery with further specialization in the field of joint surgery (prostheses of shoulder, knee and hip joint) at the endoclinic in Hamburg, Germany, as well as back foot surgery / ankle prosthetics at the orthopedic department of the Foot Center Basel (UNI Basel) in Switzerland
Since 2005 freelance specialist for orthopedics and traumatology in South Tyrol as well as official instructor in the implantation of ankle prostheses (HINTEGRA) in Italy.
From 2006 to 2012 attending physician in the Marienklinik in Bolzano
Since 2010 medical director of the Dolomiti Sportclinic, main areas of activity are sports traumatology, trauma surgery and orthopedics

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