The Medtourism group is connected for many years with the leading Orthopaedic Clinics in Athens and Santorini. The modern, state-of-the-art Orthopaedic clinics are highly technologically equipped, in order to provide health services, responding to the patient’s musculoskeletal system needs in the most effective way.
Orthopaedic surgeons of our Departments use both surgical and nonsurgical means to treat musculoskeletal trauma, sports injuries, degenerative diseases, infections, tumors, and congenital disorders; providing our patients with the highest standards of medical treatment abroad, coupled with the most cost-efficient options for medical travel. The Medtourism Group Greek Orthopaedics Surgeons practice with as much care and professionalism as the other U.K. and U.S. colleagues.
Many of the Orthopaedic Surgeons of the Medtourism Group affiliated hospitals have been trained for many years at different Medical Centers in Greece and in U.K. and U.S. hospitals; and subspecialized in:
- Hand surgery
- Shoulder and elbow surgery
- Total joint reconstruction (arthroplasty)
- Pediatric orthopedics
- Foot and ankle surgery
- Spine surgery
- Musculoskeletal oncology
- Surgical sports medicine
- Orthopedic trauma
The top most common procedures performed by our Orthopaedic Surgeons are:
- Knee arthroscopy and meniscectomy
- Shoulder arthroscopy and subacromian decompression
- Carpal tunnel release
- Knee arthroscopy and chondroplasty
- Removal of support implant
- Knee arthroscopy and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- Knee replacement
- Repair of femoral neck fracture
- Repair of trochanteric fracture
- Debridement of skin/muscle/bone/fracture
- Knee arthroscopy repair of both menisci
- Hip replacement
- Shoulder arthroscopy/distal clavicle excision
- Repair of rotator cuff tendon
- Repair fracture of radius / ulna
- Laminectomy
- Repair of ankle fracture (bimalleolar type)
- Shoulder arthroscopy and debridement
- Lumbar spinal fusion
- Repair fracture of the distal part of radius
- Low back intervertebral disc surgery
- Incise finger tendon sheath
- Repair of ankle fracture (fibula)
- Repair of femoral shaft fracture
- Repair of trochanteric fracture
The Head of the Medtourism Group, Dr. Dimitrios Nikolopoulos, is a board certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, with a special emphasis on Knee, Hip and Shoulder Arthroscopic surgery and on Foot and Ankle Surgery.
He is a consultant and orthopedic surgeon in the Orthopaedic Departments of Central Clinic of Athens and Central Clinic of Santorini.
Dr. Nikolopoulos is a significant contributor in the medical professional community and is a member of a number of medical societies in Greece, Europe and US. An active researcher, he has contributed to numerous publications and research in knee and shoulder surgery. He has authored more than 25 publications and has facilitated more than 100 lectures. Please do not hesitate to ask his medical opinion for your Orthopaedic problems.
