Martinus Richter
German surgeon
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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]