Dr. Rolf Krebs
Dr. Krebs is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with a career spanning more than 35 years. He trained in orthopaedics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and in neurology at the University of Texas in Houston, and completed residency training in traumatology and trauma surgery at Stadtkrankenhaus Kempten/Allgäu, Germany.
He went on to serve as a resident physician at Vincentius Krankenhaus Konstanz and RKU Ulm, and as Assistant Medical Director at the Orthopaedic University Hospital Bad Abbach, Germany. In 1993 he established his private medical centre in Munich, working alongside a number of hospitals in the city. His experience spans knee, shoulder, hip and ankle surgery, with more than 27,000 procedures and over 8,000 implants across his career.
He works extensively with arthroscopic techniques for the knee and shoulder, including rotator cuff repair and shoulder stabilisation, and has a long-standing interest in stem cell therapy for cartilage repair, an area in which he has published. He also holds a patent for a technique used in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) replacement.
Shoulder
- Resection arthroplasty of the ACG
- Acromioplasty
- Arthrolysis for frozen shoulder
- Arthroscopic calcium removal
- Removal of free joint bodies
- Rotator cuff repair
- Labral repair and reconstruction, shoulder stabilisation
- Shoulder prosthesis
Knee
- Axis correction for malalignment, unilateral arthrosis or post-fracture malposition
- Synovectomy for effusion, rheumatism or arthrosis
- Anterior and posterior cruciate ligament replacement and revision
- Knee prosthesis
- Patellar surgery for patellar dislocation
- Cartilage surgery for injury and wear (arthrosis)
- Meniscus partial removal, smoothing and suturing
- Notchplasty and treatment of anterior impingement
- Surgery for osteochondritis dissecans
- Tibial plateau fracture
Hip
- Hip prosthesis
Ankle and foot
- Achilles tendon repair
- Arthrodesis of the upper or lower ankle joint
- Hallux valgus surgery and related corrections
- Calcaneal osteotomy / Evans procedure
- Ankle fractures
- Ankle joint prosthesis
Wrist and hand
- Thumb saddle joint prosthesis
- Dupuytren's surgery
- Finger joint prosthesis
- Fractures near the wrist (radius and ulna)
- Carpal tunnel release
- Synovectomy
- Partial fusion of the carpal bones
- Screw fixation of a scaphoid fracture
Elbow
- Arthroscopic joint lavage and removal of free joint bodies
- Epicondylitis surgery, radial and ulnar
- Operative joint mobilisation after trauma or stiffening
- Synovectomy for rheumatism or arthrosis
- Licence to Practise Medicine — Bavarian Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Medical studies in Saarbrücken, TU Munich and Houston, Texas
- Trauma surgery training in Kempten/Allgäu
- Orthopaedic and rheumatological training in Konstanz and Ulm
- Specialist examination in orthopaedics (1991)
- Specialist examination in rheumatology (1992)
- Doctoral certificate — Technical University of Munich
- Recognition as Orthopaedist — State Medical Board Baden-Württemberg
- Recognition as Rheumatologist — Bavarian Medical Board
- Recognition in Sports Medicine — Bavarian Medical Board
- Published research on stem cell therapy for cartilage repair, including histology studies; patent for an ACL replacement technique
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, visiting — Emerald Avenue Medical Clinic, JBR, Dubai Marina
- Founder, private orthopaedic centre — Munich (since 1993)
- Assistant Medical Director — Orthopaedic University Hospital Bad Abbach, Germany
- Senior Physician, Orthopaedics — Rheumatism Centre Bad Abbach (Regensburg University Hospital)
- More than 35 years in orthopaedic and trauma surgery
