Prof Dr med B. Rischke PhD

Titular Professor Univ. Trnv.
Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology FMH
specialised in spinal surgery
Insurance medicine assessor –
Swiss Insurance Medicine (SIM)

Prof. Dr. med. B. Rischke PHD combines cutting-edge clinical medicine with university teaching and research experience. His international expertise – both surgical and scientific – guarantees patients treatment according to the latest standards.

  • AO Spine Company
  • AO Trauma, Germany, founding member
  • German Society for Surgery
  • German Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology
  • German Society for Spinal Surgery
  • FMH Swiss Medical Association
  • ISASS - Spine Arthroplasty Society
  • SAC - Spine Arthroplasty Community
  • Swiss Insurance Medicine - SIM

Education

  • 1970 - 1976 Medical studies at the Free University of Berlin
  • 07.03.1977 Licence to practise medicine
  • 19.07.1979 Doctorate in medicine at the University of Tübingen
  • 10.10.1983 Specialist in surgery
  • 09.03.1988 Specialist in traumatology
  • 1986 - 1990 Specialisation in spinal surgery
  • 23/07/1997 Specialist in hand surgery
  • 06.12.1999 Doctorate (PhD)
  • 21 February 2000 Habilitation at the University of Trnava (SK)
  • 11.01.2006 Specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology
  • 12.05.2008 Appointment as university professor
  • 01.09.2008 Swiss medical diploma and licence to practise medicine in the Canton of Zurich

Professional career

  • 1977 - 1979 Assistant doctor at the Clinic for Surgery, Ehingen District Hospital
  • 1980 - 1983 Assistant doctor at the Clinic for Surgery, Illertalklinik Illertissen
  • 1983 - 1985 Senior physician, Clinic for Surgery, Memmingen Hospital
  • 1986 - 1990 Senior Consultant, Clinic for Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hanover Hospital
  • 1990 - 2008 Chief Physician at the Clinic for Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery at the Pinneberg/Hamburg Clinic
  • 02.10.2009 Foundation of Spine-Center-Rischke, Zurich

Monographs and anthologies

  1. Viscoelastic Disc Arthroplasty Provides Superior Back and Leg Pain Relief in Patients with Lumbar Disc Degeneration Compared to Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Rischke,B. Zimmers,K.B. Smith E. International Journal of Spine Surgery 2015, doi: 10.14444/2026
  2. Lumbar arthroplasty, Preclinical and clinical experience with a viscoelastic total disc replacement, Rischke Burkhard, Ross Edward Raymond S., Joellenbeck Boris, Zimmers Kari, Defibaugh Neal ; SAS Journal, Vol 5, pp. 97-107, Verlag Elsevier, 2011
  3. Results of the pilot study with a visco-elastic disc prosthesis - Freedom Lumbar Disc (FLD), Rischke Burkhard, Ross Edward Raymond S., Joellenbeck Boris, European Spine Journal Vol. 18, No.11, November, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2009
  4. Histomorphology of the hollow stem hip endoprosthesis, Rischke, B., Draenert, K., Verlag Art & Science, Munich, 2008
  5. Chondrobastoma of the patella with pathological fracture, Rischke, B; Engels,C; Pietsch,E; Werner, M; Delling G Der Unfallchirurg 103: 898-902, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 2000
  6. The deformation behaviour of the femur on cementless implants using the example of hollow shaft endoprostheses - An animal experimental histomorphological analysis, Rischke, B., in Meenen NM, Katzer, A., Rueger, J. M.( Eds.) Hefte z. Der Unfallchirurg 191 - 201 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2000
  7. The gamma nail as a standard procedure in the treatment of femoral fractures close to the hip joint, Rischke, B., Westermann, K., Mertens, R., Z. Osteosynth Internat 7: 133 - 143, 1999
  8. Histomorphology of various hollow shaft femoral stems Rischke,B., Draenert.,K. Hft.z. Der Unfallchirurg, 261, 60 - 65, Springer,Berlin, Heidelberg,New York 1997
  9. Die Hohlschaft-Hüftendoprothese, Rischke, B., in Gahr( ed.) Entwicklungen in der Unfallchirurgie Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York ( 157 - 164), 1993
  10. Early results of dorsal fusion in unstable fractures of the lumbar spine with the DKS, Westermann, K., Rischke ,B., Samii, M., Langenb Arch Chir, Suppl II (622), Springer-Verlag Berlin,Heidelberg,New York, 1988

International congress lectures since 2010

  1. 50-Patient European Study of a Viscoelastic Total Disc Replacement, B. Rischke, R. Ross, B. Joellenbeck, ISASS10 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2010
  2. An Association Between the Centre of Rotation and Clinical Outcome in Patients Implanted with a Viscoelastic Lumbar Total Disc Replacement, B. Rischke, R. Ross, B. Joellenbeck, J. A. Hipp, K. B. Zimmers, ISASS11 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, 2011
  3. Clinical Outcomes for a Viscoelastic Total Disc Replacement Compared to Other Total Disc Replacements in the SWISSspine Registry, Instructional Course Symposium: TDR Evidence-Based Medicine, B. Rischke, V. Kammermeier, M. Runkel, K.B. Zimmers, J.M. Kuras, ISASS12 Annual Meeting, Barcelona, 2012
  4. Clinical Outcomes for a Lumbar Viscoelastic Total Disc Replacement Compared to Stand-alone-ALIF General Session: Lumbar Therapies Motion Preservation, B. Rischke, V. Kammermeier, M. Runkel. R. Linovitz, K. Zimmers, E. Smith, ISASS13 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, 2013
  5. Viscoelastic Lumbar Total Disc Replacement in the Treatment of Spondylolisthesis and Degenerative Scoliosis, Lumbar Therapies and Outcomes, B. Rischke, ISASS13 Annual Meeting, Vancoucer, 2013
  6. Clinical outcomes for a lumbar viscoelastic TDR compared to stand-alone-ALIF, B. Rischke, INTERNATIONAL 31st COURSE FOR PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC SPINAL SURGERY AND COMPLEMENTARY MINIMAL INVASIVE TECHNIQUES, Zurich, 2013