Martinus Richter Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Richter . M . Zech . S . Geerling . J . Frink . M . Knobloch . K . Krettek . C . 2006 . A new foot and ankle outcome score: Questionnaire based, subjective, Visual-Analogue-Scale, validated and computerized . Foot Ankle Surg . 12 . 4. 191–9 . 10.1016/j.fas.2006.04.001 .
2. 21783078 . 10.1016/j.fas.2010.05.005 . 17 . 3 . Normative data of the Visual Analogue Scale Foot and Ankle (VAS FA) for pathological conditions . 2011 . Foot Ankle Surg . 166–72 . Stüber . J . Zech . S . Bay . R . Qazzaz . A . Richter . M.
3. 17054887 . 10.1177/107110070602701014 . 27 . 10 . Intraoperative pedography: a validated method for static intraoperative biomechanical assessment . 2006 . Foot Ankle Int . 833–42 . Richter . M . Frink . M . Zech . S . Vanin . N . Geerling . J . Droste . P . Krettek . C. 7471708 .
4. 19912710 . 10.3113/FAI.2009.1029 . 30 . 11 . Leonard J. Goldner Award 2009. Intraoperative pedobarography leads to improved outcome scores: a Level I study . 2009 . Foot & Ankle International. 1029–36 . Richter . M . Zech . S. 2680251 .
5. Richter . M . Geerling . J . Frink . M . Zech . S . Knobloch . K . Dammann . F . Hankemeier . S . Krettek . C . 2006 . Computer Assisted Surgery Based (CAS) based correction of posttraumatic ankle and hindfoot deformities – Preliminary results . Foot Ankle Surg . 12 . 113–9 . 10.1016/j.fas.2006.02.003 .
6. Richter. M. Zech. S. Matrix-associated stem cell transplantation (MAST) in chondral defects of foot and ankle is effective.. Foot and Ankle Surgery. June 2013. 19. 2. 84–90. 10.1016/j.fas.2012.11.005. 23548448.
7. Meissner. S.. Zech. S.. Richter. M.. Matrix-associated stem cell transplantation (MAST) in chondral defects of the ankle is safe and effective – 2-year-followup in 130 patients. Foot and Ankle Surgery. June 2016. 22. 2. 51. 10.1016/j.fas.2016.05.122.
8. 24480493 . 10.1016/j.fas.2013.08.003 . 20 . 1 . Biomechanical comparison of stability of tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with two different intramedullary retrograde nails . 2014 . Foot Ankle Surg . 14–9 . Richter . M . Evers . J . Waehnert . D . Deorio . JK . Pinzur . M . Schulze . M . Zech . S . Ochman . S.
9. 27301734 . 10.1016/j.fas.2015.06.005 . 22 . 2 . Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with a triple-bend intramedullary nail (A3)-2-year follow-up in 60 patients . 2016 . Foot Ankle Surg . 131–8 . Richter . M . Zech . S.
10. 28183211 . 10.1177/1071100717690805 . 38 . 5 . 3D Optical Investigation of 2 Nail Systems Used in Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis: A Biomechanical Study . 2017 . Foot Ankle Int . 571–579 . Evers . J . Lakemeier . M . Wähnert . D . Schulze . M . Richter . M . Raschke . MJ . Ochman . S. 11316009 .
11. 16943483 . 10.1302/0301-620X.88B9.17822 . 88 . 9 . Polyaxially-locked plate screws increase stability of fracture fixation in an experimental model of calcaneal fracture . 2006 . J Bone Joint Surg Br . 1257–63 . Richter . M . Droste . P . Goesling . T . Zech . S . Krettek . C. free .
12. http://www.aofas.org/medical-community/awards/Pages/Goldner-Award.aspx J. Leonard Goldner Award Recipients