KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

 

KATHOLIERE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Weligerveld 1, 3212 Pellenberg – 3000 Leuven – Belgium

Tel. ++32 16 33 88 18 - Fax +32 16338824

emails: jose.stuyck@uzleuven.be, siglinde.vanhooren@uzleuven.be, research.orthopedie@uzleuven.be

Website: www.orthopedie-pellenberg.be

In the Orthopaedic & Traumatology Department of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Unit  (± 30 beds) is available for the hospitalization and treatment of patients with bone and joint infections, in close collaboration with the Department of Microbiology and Infectiology.

The whole department has a very experienced staff of 20 orthopaedic and 5 traumatology surgeons, together with 5 consulents and 20 residents. Prosthesis surgery covers hip, knee and shoulder joint.

The research unit of the department is daily occupied by the coordination of all clinical research. Continuous training and intensive research results into numerous publications and qualitative treatment protocols for patients. Two full time research coordinators and one full time study nurse make sure all research is performed with high quality and this in close collaboration with biostatistics and a medical illustrator. At this moment a total of 35 clinical studies are running at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.