Dr.

Pit Putzeys

Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, specializing in lower limb surgery (hip, knee, foot and ankle)

Professional experience

Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon

Robert Schuman Hospitals (HRS), Luxembourg | Since 1999

Head of Clinic

CHU Lapeyronie Montpellier, France | 1997-1998

Post-graduate

Erasmus Hospital ULB Brussels, Belgium | 1995 -1996

Internal

CHU Lapeyronie Montpellier, France | 1994 – 1995

Specialization in Orthopedics-Traumatology

Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium | 1991 – 1997

State examination

Brussels, Belgium | 1991

Qualifications

Clinic

Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, specializing in lower limb surgery (hip, knee, foot and ankle) since 1997

Fellowships

AO-Fellowship, Hip and Knee surgery Hospital for Special Surgery, N.Y./N.Y. (1997)
EFORT Fellowship, BOA, England (1992)

Specializations

Joint injury/damage (e.g. osteoarthritis)
Hip, knee and ankle endoprostheses
Osteotomies of the lower limb
Robot-assisted hip and knee arthroplasty (since 2016)

University diplomas

Coordinator of Musculoskeletal Teaching for the Bachelor's program

University of Luxembourg since 2021

Director of the Musculoskeletal Division

Robert Schuman Hospitals | 2018 – 2020

Director, ENDOCERT

Robert Schuman Hospitals since 2015

Co-designer for Quantum ankle prosthesis

at Conmed/In2bones since 2015

Consultant in MAKO, Hip and Knee robotic surgery

with Stryker since 2015

Coordinator, Continuing Education, Musculoskeletal Teaching Conferences

Robert Schuman Hospitals since 2003

Co-administrator of the Medical Training Center

Robert Schuman Hospitals since 2003

Diploma in Sports Medicine

CHU Lapeyronie Montpellier, France | 1997

Diploma in Microsurgery

ULB Brussels, Belgium | 1995

Diploma in Biomechanics

ULB Brussels, Belgium | 1992

Scientific publications

Comparative Analysis of Relaxed- and Flexed-Seated Radiographs for Assessing Spino-Pelvic Mobility in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Fontalis A, et al.

J Arthroplasty., 2026 · DOI

Economic evaluation of robotic-assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review of cost and clinical outcomes

Wignadasan W, et al.

EFORT Open Rev., 2026 · DOI

Survival and patient-reported outcomes of robotic arm-assisted patellofemoral arthroplasty and patient-acceptable symptom state thresholds

Clement ND, et al. (RAPASS Group)

Bone Joint J., 2026 · DOI

Is it feasible to develop a supervised learning algorithm incorporating spinopelvic mobility to predict impingement in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty?

Fontalis A, et al.

Bone Jt Open., 2024 · DOI

Strong Correlation Between Standing Long-Leg Radiographs and CT Scans in Measuring Coronal Knee Alignment

Fontalis A, et al.

J Bone Joint Surg Am., 2024 · DOI

Functional Component Positioning in Total Hip Arthroplasty and the Role of Robotic-Arm Assistance in Addressing Spinopelvic Pathology

Fontalis A, et al.

Orthop Clin North Am., 2023 · DOI

Functional implant positioning in total hip arthroplasty and the role of robotic-arm assistance

Fontalis A, et al.

Int Orthop., 2023 · DOI

Patellofemoral Arthroplasty Is an Efficient Strategy for Isolated Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis with or without Robotic-Assisted System

Batailler C, et al.

J Pers Med., 2023 · DOI

Early-Term Results of the Cadence Total Ankle Prosthesis: An European Noninventor Study

Malherbe C, et al.

Foot Ankle Int., 2023 · DOI

Robotic-Arm-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Review of the Workflow, Outcomes and Its Role in Addressing the Challenge of Spinopelvic Imbalance

Ogilvie A, et al.

Medicina (Kaunas), 2022 · DOI

The Quantum™ Total Ankle Prosthesis

Leemrijse T, et al.

In: Primary and Revision Total Ankle Replacement. Springer, 2021

Triple tibial osteotomy for the correction of severe bilateral varus deformity in a patient with late-onset Blount’s disease

Putzeys P, et al.

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc., 2013 · DOI

Radiusköpfchenfrakturen

Schuind F, Putzeys P, De Roover R.

In: Ellenbogenchirurgie in der Praxis. Springer, 1998

Earlier publications (7)

Fontalis A, et al. Functional implant positioning in total hip arthroplasty and the role of robotic-arm assistance. Int Orthop., 2023. DOI
Batailler C, et al. Patellofemoral Arthroplasty Is an Efficient Strategy for Isolated Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis with or without Robotic-Assisted System. J Pers Med., 2023. DOI
Malherbe C, et al. Early-Term Results of the Cadence Total Ankle Prosthesis: An European Noninventor Study. Foot Ankle Int., 2023. DOI
Ogilvie A, et al. Robotic-Arm-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Review of the Workflow, Outcomes and Its Role in Addressing the Challenge of Spinopelvic Imbalance. Medicina (Kaunas), 2022. DOI
Leemrijse T, et al. The Quantum™ Total Ankle Prosthesis. In: Primary and Revision Total Ankle Replacement. Springer, 2021.
Putzeys P, et al. Triple tibial osteotomy for the correction of severe bilateral varus deformity in a patient with late-onset Blount’s disease. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc., 2013. DOI
Schuind F, Putzeys P, De Roover R. Radiusköpfchenfrakturen. In: Ellenbogenchirurgie in der Praxis. Springer, 1998.

Patents and surgical innovation

Dr Putzeys is named among the inventors, together with Thibaut Leemrijse, Laurent Paul, Per-Henrik Ågren and Jean-Luc Besse, of the following patent families:

Improved ankle prosthesis – European patent family, including EP3449876; priority 2017.
Patient-specific instruments for performing bone cuts – European/US patent family; priority 2019.
Implantable component / improved anchorage for ankle prosthesis – patent family; priority 2020.
Ankle prosthesis – later patent family records associated with the Quantum™ ankle platform.

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Our Experts

Today, the Group brings together all the specialties involved in conservative, orthopedic and surgical management of the musculoskeletal system.

Dr. Schlammes

Specialist in Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Dr. Piwonski

Specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery with additional German training in special trauma surgery

Dr.

Pit Putzeys

Professional experience

Senior Orthopaedic Surgeon

Head of Clinic

Post-graduate

Internal

Specialization in Orthopedics-Traumatology

State examination

Qualifications

Clinic

Fellowships

Specializations

University diplomas

Coordinator of Musculoskeletal Teaching for the Bachelor's program

Director of the Musculoskeletal Division

Director, ENDOCERT

Co-designer for Quantum ankle prosthesis

Consultant in MAKO, Hip and Knee robotic surgery

Coordinator, Continuing Education, Musculoskeletal Teaching Conferences

Co-administrator of the Medical Training Center

Diploma in Sports Medicine

Diploma in Microsurgery

Diploma in Biomechanics

Scientific publications

Comparative Analysis of Relaxed- and Flexed-Seated Radiographs for Assessing Spino-Pelvic Mobility in Total Hip Arthroplasty

Economic evaluation of robotic-assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review of cost and clinical outcomes

Survival and patient-reported outcomes of robotic arm-assisted patellofemoral arthroplasty and patient-acceptable symptom state thresholds

Is it feasible to develop a supervised learning algorithm incorporating spinopelvic mobility to predict impingement in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty?

Strong Correlation Between Standing Long-Leg Radiographs and CT Scans in Measuring Coronal Knee Alignment

Functional Component Positioning in Total Hip Arthroplasty and the Role of Robotic-Arm Assistance in Addressing Spinopelvic Pathology

Functional implant positioning in total hip arthroplasty and the role of robotic-arm assistance

Patellofemoral Arthroplasty Is an Efficient Strategy for Isolated Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis with or without Robotic-Assisted System

Early-Term Results of the Cadence Total Ankle Prosthesis: An European Noninventor Study

Robotic-Arm-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Review of the Workflow, Outcomes and Its Role in Addressing the Challenge of Spinopelvic Imbalance

The Quantum™ Total Ankle Prosthesis

Triple tibial osteotomy for the correction of severe bilateral varus deformity in a patient with late-onset Blount’s disease

Radiusköpfchenfrakturen

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