Professor Robert Schmidhammer is a specialist in peripheral nerve surgery, brachial plexus, reconstructive surgery after injuries and hand surgery. He has a Doctoral Specialization in Human Genetics and has trained in general practice, traumatology, anesthesiology, intensive care medicine, counter-subject surgery, sports healthcare, and hand surgery and microsurgery. He is a member of the Austrian Society of Traumatology, the Austrian Society for Hand Surgery, the German Society for Hand Surgery, and the American Society for Peripheral Nerve Damage. His research focuses on nerve regeneration and the effect of movement on the regeneration of peripheral nerves. His main specialization is in brachial plexus, nerves of the upper and lower extremities, nerve injuries, neurolysis, nerve transplantation, nerve transmission, recovery of function by muscle transfer, muscle recovery, arthrolysis, tenolysis, skin grafting, tissue transfer, and nerve tumors.
Professor Robert Schmidhammer is the specialist in peripheral nerve surgery, brachial plexus, reconstructive surgery after injuries and hand surgery. Professional activity:
• 1980-1987 studied medicine at the University of Vienna
• 1987 Doctoral Specialization in Human Genetics
• 1987-1988 Military service at Heeresspital Vienna
• 1988 Secondary Injury Physician at Linz Hospital
• 1991 Training as a general practitioner at the Steyr State Hospital
• 1992-1997 Traumatology training at the Linz Emergency Hospital
• Graduated University of Neurosurgery (Professor Dr. Pendle's Advice)
• Ambulance Degree (Practicing Ambulance at NAW II Linz)
• Counter-subject surgery, Freistadt • Anesthesiology and intensive care medicine UKH-Linz
• since 1994, member of the team for hand surgery and microsurgery (replantation team)
• since 1997, sports healthcare, Competitive Sports, Linz
• 1997-1998 cooperation with Upper Austria, assistance in preparation for the Sydney 2000 Olympics
• 1997-1998 Counter-subject surgery, Elisabethinen Linz Hospital
• Since 1998, specialist in traumatology, diploma of the Medical Association of Upper Austria, diploma in sports medicine
• 1998 Sports outpatient clinic UKH-Linz
• Traumatologist at the Linz Emergency Hospital
• 2002 Experimental Traumatology, Vienna - Research Center
• Staying at graduate school
• Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
• Institute of Clinical and Experimental Traumatology named after Ludwig Boltzmann, Vienna
Membership in organizations:
• Austrian Society of Traumatology
• Austrian Society for Hand Surgery
• German Society for Hand Surgery
• American Society for Peripheral Nerve Damage
Research:
• Surgical improvement, peripheral nerve regeneration
• The effect of movement on the regeneration of peripheral nerves
• Tubular segmental neural splint
• The effect of improved nerve regeneration on the muscular terminal organ
• Dense polyurethane-based nerve substitutes, AO-Davos Research Center, Switzerland
• The effect of bioabsorbable substances (polyurethanes, polycryptones ..)
• AO-Davos Switzerland Research Center and University of Minho-Portugal Collaborate
• Virtual sensitivity
Main specialization:
• Brachial plexus
• Nerves of the upper limb
• Lumbosacral plexus
• Nerves of the lower extremities
• The consequences of a nerve after injuries
• Neurolysis
• Recovery of nerve continuity by nerve transplantation
• Nervous transmission
• Recovery of function by muscle transfer
• Muscle recovery
• Arthrolysis (solution of articular adhesions)
• Tenolysis (loosening of tendons)
• Reconstruction by skin grafting and tissue transfer (sliding tissue flaps)
• Pain syndromes caused by nerve irritation: spontaneously or after surgery / injury • Reconstructive surgery of the skin and sliding tissue
• Nerve tumor
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