Martinus Richter
German surgeon
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.
Richter developed a form of pedography for force and pressure measurement that can be used during operations to assess mechanical function.
He developed a form of computer assisted surgery for foot and ankle corrections.
He has run clinical trials on a variation of articular cartilage stem cell paste grafting to treat cartilage defects in feet and ankles.
He also developed several implants for foot and ankle surgery.
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