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Tsarouchas Ioannis

Orthopaedic Surgeon - Director of the Large Joints Clinic of the Medical Group

SPECIALIZATION

Ioannis Tsarouchas was born in Karditsa in 1963. He is married and father of two children.

After completing his studies in Medicine, he received his specialty in Orthopaedics at the University Clinic of the KAT Hospital.

After obtaining his residency, he remained as a paid research associate in the same clinic for two years.

He completed his doctoral thesis and was sworn in as a Doctor of the University of Athens in 1999.

From 1999 to 2013 he worked at the "Henry Dunant" Hospital, where he was the Director of the 1st Orthopaedic Clinic.

Today he works at the Athens Medical Center as Director of the Orthopaedic Clinic of Large Joints.

He deals with the full range of orthopaedic cases and sports injuries, specialising in knee and hip osteoarthritis and their revisions.

To date, he has performed a large number of surgeries, and is constantly updated on the developments of surgical techniques and all the scientific publications that take place worldwide in the field of

Clinical work

  • Arthritis of large joints (Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty) with minimally invasive methods (ASI, MIS)
  • Review of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Major operations requiring significant experience
  • Sports injuries (arthroscopic surgery of large joints, anterior cruciate ligament rupture, mosaic plasty, chondrocyte transplantation, tendon rupture repair)
  • Traumatology (Immediate and modern rehabilitation of all fractures except for the spine)
  • Foot disorders

Educational Project

  • Main instructor of Greek and foreign orthopaedic surgeons for the ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) method at the Large Joint Clinic of the Athens Medical Center. The clinic is a certified training and reference center for this method by Zimmer Biomet, the only one in Greece and one of the few in Europe.

Speeches

  1. "Unstable knee."
    Annual continuing medical education program of Athens Medical Center, 2019 - 2020 (CME), 16/10/2019
  2. "Total knee arthroplasty",
    Annual Continuing Education Program of Athens Medical Center 2018 - 2019, 22/5/2019
  3. "Total hip arthroplasty with the ASI method", Modern concepts in the rehabilitation of hip problems, Association of Physiotherapists - Chiropractors of Greece, 11/5/2019
  4. "ASI. Our experience"
    10 October 2018, 74th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Surgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology
  5. "Total hip arthroplasty - anterior approach", Multidisciplinary Seminar of Argolida, 28/4 - 1/5/2017
  6. "The minimally invasive technique in total hip replacement - advantages", Annual continuing education program of Athens Medical Center 2015 - 2016, 23/3/2016

Publications in Foreign Journals

  1. IP Stathopoulos, N Andrianopoulos, D Paschaloglou, K Lampropoulou-Adamidou, M Spetsaki, IK Tsarouchas. (2020) A new method for intraoperative assessment of leg length, sizing and placement of the components in total hip replacement. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 30(4):689-694.
  2. IP Stathopoulos, N Andrianopoulos, D Paschaloglou, I Tsarouchas (2017) Revision total knee arthroplasty due to bone cement and metal hypersensitivity.Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 137(2):267-271
  3. G. Babis, J. Tsarouchas, PJ Boscainos, GP. Tzagarakis, T Pantazopoulos (2002) Removal of the well-bonded distal part of a non-cylindrical broken femoral stem (Autophor 900S) with hallow trephine reamers - report of two cases. Acta Orthop. Scand 73(4):478-480.
  4. T. Karahalios, G. Babis, J. Tsarouhas, G. Sapkas, T. Pantazopoulos (2000) The clinical performance of a small diameter tibia nailing with a mechanical distal aiming device.Injury, 1; 31 (6): pp. 451 - 459.
  5. D.S. Korres, G.C. Babis, H. Paraskevakou, K. Stamos, J. Tsarouhas, V. Lykomitros (2000) Spontaneous interbody fusion after controlled injuries to the spine: an experimental study in rabbits Journal of Spinal Disorders, Vol. 13, No 1, pp. 31 - 35.
  6. Babis, P. Papagelopoulos, J. Tsarouchas(2000) Maisoneuve fracture of the proximal fibula operative treatment and outcome of 26 cases. orthopedics 23:7.
  7. Korres, P. Papagelopoulos, G. Petrou, G. Tzagarakis, P. Triantafylidis, J. Tsarouchas(1999) Occult fracture dislocation of the cervical spine, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology 9: pp. 195 -199.
  8. Nikiforidis, G. Babis, J. Tsarouchas, G. Koudis, D. Korres. (1998) Patellar fractures: contemporary approach to operative treatment, using different types of the tension band principles. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology.
  9. G. Tzagarakis, P. Papagelopoulos, G. Sapkas, J. Tsarouchas. (1998) Surgical management for instability and paraplegia caused by spinal sarcoidosis - a case report. 23(15): pp. 1711 - 1714.
  10. Sapkas, D. Stathakopoulos, G. Babis, J. Tsarouchas. (1998) Hydrated disease of bones and joints - 8 cases followed for 4 -16 years Acta Orthopaedica Scand; 69(1): pp. 89 - 94.
  11. Korres, P. Nikiforidis, N. Papandreou, A. Zoubos, G. Babis, I. Tsarouchas(1997) The significance of rotation in fracture - separation of the articular pillar of the lower cervical vertebra: A clinical and cadaveric study Acta Orthopaedica Scand (Suppl. 275); 68:pp. 17 -20.

Announcements in Greek Conferences

  1. "The ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) technique in the revision of total hip arthroplasty",
    Tsarouchas I., Stathopoulos I., Andrianopoulos N., Pashaloglou D., Spetsaki M., Large Joints Clinic, Athens Medical Center, Oral presentation at the 75th Panhellenic Congress of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2 - 5 October 2019
  2. "Two-stage total knee arthroplasty in a patient with septic arthritis after arthroscopy"
    Ι. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglu, I. Tsarouchas
    Posted announcement at the 74th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 10-13 October 2018
  3. "Allergy to total knee arthroplasty materials as a reason for early revision. Case presentation"
    Ι. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglu, I. Tsarouchas
    Oral presentation at the 28th Symposium of the Department of Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery of the EEXOT, Athens, Greece,
    10 - 12 November 2017
  4. "The use of the ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) method in the treatment of subcapital fractures of the femur"
    I. Tsarouchas, I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglu, M. Spetsaki
    Oral presentation at the 28th Symposium of the Department of Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery of the EEXOT, Athens, Greece,
    10 - 12 November 2017
  5. "Revision of total hip arthroplasty with the ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) method"
    Tsarouchas I., Stathopoulos I., Andrianopoulos N., Paschaloglu D., Spetsaki M.
    Oral presentation at the 73rd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 11-14 October 2017
  6. "Surgical treatment of subcapital fractures of the femur with the ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) method"
    Tsarouchas I., Stathopoulos I., Andrianopoulos N., Paschaloglu D., Spetsaki M.
    Oral presentation at the 73rd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 11-14 October 2017
  7. "Early revision total knee arthroplasty due to hypersensitivity to prosthetic materials and bone cement"
    Ι. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglu, I. Tsarouchas
    Posted announcement at the 72nd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 12-15 October 2016
  8. "When things go wrong (and break...) in the operating room"
    Ι. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglu, I. Tsarouchas
    Posted announcement at the 72nd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 12-15 October 2016
  9. "Total hip arthroplasty in hip arthrodesis territory with the ASI technique"
    Ι. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglu, I. Tsarouchas
    Posted announcement at the 72nd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 12-15 October 2016

Announcements at International Conferences

  1. "Early revision total knee arthroplasty due to bone cement and metal hypersensitivity"
    Ioannis Stathopoulos, Nicolaos Andrianopoulos, Dimitrios Paschaloglou, Ioannis Tsarouchas
    Oral presentation at the "17th EFORT Congress" Geneva, Switzerland, June 1 - 3, 2016

Books

  1. G.P. Tsagarakis, I.K. Tsarouchas, D.S. Korres, Cep. D: "The role of anterior decompression and stabilization in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures",
    "Thoracic-Lumbar Spine Injuries, Biomechanics and Treatment". Γ. G. Sapkas, Publ. Litsas, Athens 1999, pp.: 285-305,
  2. Mr. Kateros, I Tsarouchas, Chap. 23: "Inflammation of the spine",
    "Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries" D. Korres, Ed. Kafkas, Athens 1999, p. 191 -197.
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