Disc Replacement Surgeon
Our surgeon has the experience and the skills required for complex multi-level lumbar and cervical disc replacement surgeries and other advanced spine solutions.
"Advanced disc replacement implants have allowed us to achieve a success rate of 99%"
Dr. Karsten-Ritter-Lang Disc Replacement Surgeon
Why choose our team?
This team has been placing hundreds of Disc Replacement implants a year for over 20 years!
First Disc Replacement Surgeons?
Dr. Ritter-Lang was involved in the introduction of Disc Replacement as an advanced spine solution since its beginnings over 20 years ago and has been doing M6 Disc Replacement longer than any surgeon in the world.
Dr. Ritter-Lang has performed over 10,000 spinal column reconstruction surgeries and has done over 8,000 Disc Replacement procedures using a wide range of the most advanced Disc Replacement implants both cervical and lumbar.
Dr. Ritter-Lang earned the title of Specialist for Trauma Surgery in 2009.
Dr. Ritter-Lang is one of the most respected speakers worldwide at symposiums about orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery regarding spinal surgery using artificial inter-vertebral discs. His participation in the ongoing development of inter-vertebral disc prosthetics technology, prototypes, and implants, provides great benefits to the patients he treats. Patients come from all over the world for the advanced, and often complex, spinal surgery solutions provided by Dr. Ritter-Lang and his highly qualified team.
Dr. Ritter-Lang is among an elite group of the most experienced Disc Replacement Surgeons in the world, and has dedicated his career to the sub-specialty of Disc Replacement.
- 1985 - 1991 Medical studies at the Medical Faculty of Humboldt-University (Charité) Berlin
- 1991 State Examination and License to practice medicine
- 1991 Doctorate in medicine
- 1991 - 2000 Employed at the orthopedic university hospital of the Charité Berlin (Medical Director Prof. Zippel)
- 1991 - 1993 Ward physician children's orthopedics
- 1993 - 1996 Ward physician spine surgery
- 1996 Awarded title of Orthopedic Specialist
- 1996 - 2000 Senior physician and Head of the Spine surgery Department
- 2000 Foundation of private practice in Potsdam (near Berlin)
- 2000 - 2002 Co-operating surgeon in Special Clinic for Orthopedics - Asklepios Clinic
- 2000 - 2012 Co-operating surgeon Clinic Hoyerswerda
- 2002 - 2010 Co-operating surgeon Clinic Sommerfeld
- 2003 - 2012 Co-operating surgeon in Special Clinic for Orthopedics - Stenum Hospital - Bremen
- 2009 Awarded title of Specialist for Trauma Surgery
- 2010 - current Co-operating surgeon in Special Clinic for Orthopedics - Asklepios Clinic Birkenwerder
- since 2012 Medical Director of Special Clinic for Orthopedics - Stenum Hospital - Bremen
We are specialists in the field of disc replacement, especially in the field of multi-level spinal intervention and abdominal access surgery. With over 30 years of experience our team has performed over 10,000 spine surgeries, of which over 6000 were spinal column reconstructions and have done over 8,000 Disc Replacement procedures using a wide range of implants both cervical and lumbar.
Surgeons on our team were involved in the introduction of Disc Replacement as an advanced spine solution since its beginnings over 30 years ago and have been doing Disc Replacement longer than any surgical team in the world.
If you are looking for an elite group of the most experienced Disc Replacement surgeons in the world, that have dedicated their careers to the sub-specialty of Disc Replacement we are your team!
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