The Doctor

Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas

Orthopedic Surgeon – Director of the Major Joints Clinic, Athens Medical Group

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

After completing his medical studies, he trained in Orthopedics at the University Clinic of KAT Hospital.

After obtaining his specialty title he remained at the same clinic for two years as a salaried scientific associate.

He completed his doctoral thesis and was awarded his doctorate by the University of Athens in 1999.

From 1999 to 2013 he worked at the Henry Dunant Hospital, where in the later years he served as Director of the 1st Orthopedic Department.

Today he works at the Athens Medical Center as Director of the Major Joints Orthopedic Clinic.

He treats the full range of orthopedic cases and sports injuries, specialising in osteoarthritis of the knee and hip and in revision of knee and hip replacements.

To date he has performed a very large number of operations, and he keeps continuously up to date with developments in surgical techniques and with all the scientific publications in his field worldwide.

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Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas

Biography

Clinical, teaching and scientific work

Clinical work
  • Arthritis of the major joints (total hip and knee replacement) with minimally invasive methods (ASI, MIS)
  • Revision of total hip and knee replacements. Major operations that demand considerable experience
  • Sports injuries (arthroscopic surgery of the major joints, anterior cruciate ligament tear, mosaicplasty, chondrocyte transplantation, tendon rupture repair)
  • Trauma surgery (prompt, modern treatment of all fractures, excluding the spine)
  • Conditions of the foot
Teaching
  • Lead instructor of Greek and foreign orthopedic surgeons in the ASI method (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) at the Major Joints Clinic of the Athens Medical Center. The clinic is certified by Zimmer Biomet as a training and reference centre for this method, the only one in Greece and one of very few in Europe.
Lectures
  1. “The unstable knee”,
    Annual continuing medical education programme of the Athens Medical Center, 2019 – 2020 (CME), 16/10/2019
  2. “Total knee replacement”,
    Annual continuing medical education programme of the Athens Medical Center 2018 – 2019, 22/5/2019
  3. “Total hip replacement with the ASI method”, Modern concepts in the rehabilitation of hip problems, Hellenic Association of Physiotherapists – Manual Therapists, 11/5/2019
  4. “ASI. Our experience”
    10 October 2018, 74th Congress of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology
  5. “Total hip replacement – the anterior approach”, Multidisciplinary Seminar of Argolida, 28/4 – 1/5/2017
  6. “The minimally invasive technique in total hip replacement – advantages”, Annual continuing medical education programme of the Athens Medical Center 2015 – 2016, 23/3/2016
Publications in International 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) wit 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, G. Koudis. (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) Ρatellar 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. Spine; 23(15): pp. 1711 – 1714.
  10. Sapkas, D. Stathakopoulos, G. Babis, J. Tsarouchas. (1998) Hydated 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, V. Lycomitros. (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.
Presentations at Greek Congresses
  1. “The ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) technique in revision total hip replacement”,
    Tsarouhas I., Stathopoulos I., Andrianopoulos N., Paschaloglou D., Spetsaki M., Major 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 replacement in a patient with septic arthritis after arthroscopy”
    I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglou, I. Tsarouhas
    Poster presentation at the 74th Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 10-13 October 2018
  3. “Allergy to the materials of total knee replacement as a reason for early revision. Case presentation”
    I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglou, I. Tsarouhas
    Oral presentation at the 28th Symposium of the Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery Section of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (HAOST), Athens,
    10 – 12 November 2017
  4. “The use of the ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) method in the treatment of subcapital fractures of the femur”
    I. Tsarouhas, I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglou, M. Spetsaki
    Oral presentation at the 28th Symposium of the Hip & Knee Reconstructive Surgery Section of the HAOST, Athens,
    10 – 12 November 2017
  5. “Revision total hip replacement with the ASI (Anterior Supine Intermuscular) method”
    Tsarouhas I., Stathopoulos I., Andrianopoulos N., Paschaloglou 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”
    Tsarouhas I., Stathopoulos I., Andrianopoulos N., Paschaloglou D., Spetsaki M.
    Oral presentation at the 73rd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 11-14 October 2017
  7. “Early revision of total knee replacement due to hypersensitivity to the implant materials and bone cement”
    I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglou, I. Tsarouhas
    Poster presentation at the 72nd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 12-15 October 2016
  8. “When things go wrong (and break…) in the operating theatre”
    I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglou, I. Tsarouhas
    Poster presentation at the 72nd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 12-15 October 2016
  9. “Total hip replacement on a previously fused hip with the ASI technique”
    I. Stathopoulos, N. Andrianopoulos, D. Paschaloglou, I. Tsarouhas
    Poster presentation at the 72nd Panhellenic Orthopaedic Congress, Athens, 12-15 October 2016
Presentations at International Congresses
  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. Tsagkarakis, I.K. Tsarouhas, D.S. Korres, Ch. D: “The role of anterior decompression and stabilisation in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures”,
    “Injuries of the Thoracic – Lumbar Spine, Biomechanics and Treatment”. G. Sapkas, Publisher: Litsas, Athens 1999, pp. 285-305,
  2. K. Kateros, I. Tsarouhas, Ch. 23: “Infections of the spine”,
    “Injuries of the Cervical Spine” D. Korres, Publisher: IE Kafkas, Athens 1999, pp. 191 -197.

Photos

In the clinic and in the operating theatre

Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas
Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas
Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas
Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas, Orthopedic Surgeon, in his office
Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas
Dr. Ioannis Tsarouhas

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