Martinus Richter

Martinus Richter is a German orthopaedic surgeon, and Associate Professor at the Hannover Medical School and Head of the Department for Foot and Ankle Surgery Nuremberg and Rummelsberg at the Hospital Rummelsberg and Sana-Hospital Nuremberg.

Clinical and scientific contribution

In the scientific field, Richter and his team developed a score for diagnosing and tracking foot and ankle conditions. ^{[1] [2]}

Richter developed a form of pedography for force and pressure measurement that can be used during operations to assess mechanical function. ^{[3] [4]}

He developed a form of computer assisted surgery for foot and ankle corrections. ^[5]

He has run clinical trials on a variation of articular cartilage stem cell paste grafting to treat cartilage defects in feet and ankles. ^{[6] [7]}

He also developed several implants for foot and ankle surgery. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

Awards

• 2009 Leonard J. Goldner Award der American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) at the 25th Annual Summer Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 2009 ^[12]

References

1. Richter, M; Zech, S; Geerling, J; Frink, M; Knobloch, K; Krettek, C (2006). "A new foot and ankle outcome score: Questionnaire based, subjective, Visual-Analogue-Scale, validated and computerized" . Foot Ankle Surg. 12 (4): 191–9. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2006.04.001.
2. Stüber, J; Zech, S; Bay, R; Qazzaz, A; Richter, M (2011). "Normative data of the Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle (VAS FA) for pathological conditions". Foot Ankle Surg. 17 (3): 166–72. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2010.05.005. PMID   21783078.
3. Richter, M; Frink, M; Zech, S; Vanin, N; Geerling, J; Droste, P; Krettek, C (2006). "Intraoperative pedography: a validated method for static intraoperative biomechanical assessment". Foot Ankle Int. 27 (10): 833–42. doi:10.1177/107110070602701014. PMID   17054887. S2CID   7471708.
4. Richter, M; Zech, S (2009). "Leonard J. Goldner Award 2009. Intraoperative pedobarography leads to improved outcome scores: a Level I study". Foot & Ankle International. 30 (11): 1029–36. doi:10.3113/FAI.2009.1029. PMID   19912710. S2CID   2680251.
5. Richter, M; Geerling, J; Frink, M; Zech, S; Knobloch, K; Dammann, F; Hankemeier, S; Krettek, C (2006). "Computer Assisted Surgery Based (CAS) based correction of posttraumatic ankle and hindfoot deformities – Preliminary results" . Foot Ankle Surg. 12: 113–9. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2006.02.003.
6. Richter, M; Zech, S (June 2013). "Matrix-associated stem cell transplantation (MAST) in chondral defects of foot and ankle is effective". Foot and Ankle Surgery. 19 (2): 84–90. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2012.11.005. PMID   23548448.
7. Meissner, S.; Zech, S.; Richter, M. (June 2016). "Matrix-associated stem cell transplantation (MAST) in chondral defects of the ankle is safe and effective – 2-year-followup in 130 patients". Foot and Ankle Surgery. 22 (2): 51. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2016.05.122.
8. Richter, M; Evers, J; Waehnert, D; Deorio, JK; Pinzur, M; Schulze, M; Zech, S; Ochman, S (2014). "Biomechanical comparison of stability of tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with two different intramedullary retrograde nails". Foot Ankle Surg. 20 (1): 14–9. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2013.08.003. PMID   24480493.
9. Richter, M; Zech, S (2016). "Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with a triple-bend intramedullary nail (A3)-2-year follow-up in 60 patients". Foot Ankle Surg. 22 (2): 131–8. doi:10.1016/j.fas.2015.06.005. PMID   27301734.
10. Evers, J; Lakemeier, M; Wähnert, D; Schulze, M; Richter, M; Raschke, MJ; Ochman, S (2017). "3D Optical Investigation of 2 Nail Systems Used in Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis: A Biomechanical Study". Foot Ankle Int. 38 (5): 571–579. doi:10.1177/1071100717690805. PMID   28183211. S2CID   11316009.
11. Richter, M; Droste, P; Goesling, T; Zech, S; Krettek, C (2006). "Polyaxially-locked plate screws increase stability of fracture fixation in an experimental model of calcaneal fracture". J Bone Joint Surg Br. 88 (9): 1257–63. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B9.17822 . PMID   16943483.
12. J. Leonard Goldner Award Recipients