For inpatient referrals from hospital to hospital, please contact Lea Martin, Clinical Specialist ZMSI

Phone +41 61 556 59 52

You are welcome to refer your patients to us via e-mail at zmsi@usb.ch.

Please provide the following information and findings for the referral:

• Master data of the patient
• Medical history and previous history of the patient
• Preliminary reports (relevant consultation, operation, discharge reports, etc.)
• Preliminary microbiological and histological findings
• Radiological preliminary examinations (per-H-Net or as a CD in DICOM format)
• Current medication list
• Current diagnosis list

Infectious orthopaedic consultation

We advise and treat patients with infections of the musculoskeletal system or with a suspected diagnosis in our interdisciplinary orthopaedic infection consultation. We focus on prosthesis-associated infections, fracture-associated infections, osteomyelitis and arthritis of native joints.

Orthoplastic consultation

Patients with infections of the musculoskeletal system often have a defect in the surrounding soft tissue (skin, subcutaneous fatty tissue, tendon, nerves) in addition to osteomyelitis. For successful osteomyelitis treatment and a good functional result, the soft tissue defect must be reconstructed. This soft tissue reconstruction is carried out in collaboration with the Clinic for Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic and Hand Surgery. Surgical planning, follow-up checks and conservative wound management are carried out in the orthoplastic consultation hours in close cooperation with the orthopaedic infection consultation hours.

Interdisciplinary "Diabetic foot" consultation

Patients affected by diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) often require a variety of clarifications and examinations from different disciplines.

In order to improve treatment, make it easier for patients to coordinate these examinations and avoid unnecessary examinations, we offer the interdisciplinary "Diabetic foot" consultation.

Together with the patient, we gain an initial overview of the individual requirements and then initiate the necessary investigations/treatment. This is done in close cooperation with the Department of Angiology, Diabetology, Wound Consultation and Dermatology, as well as external orthopaedic technicians if required.

With our weekly interdisciplinary musculoskeletal infection colloquium (IMSIK), we offer you the opportunity to present complex cases in the absence of patients and to discuss treatment options and determine treatment strategies together with representatives from infectious orthopaedics, plastic surgery, infectiology, angiology and radiology.

The IMSIK takes place every Monday at 5.15 p.m. at Petersgraben 4 in the Department of Radiology, conference room 4(C1 -1).

Participation is possible on site or via Microsoft Teams.

Registration:

• USB internal patients with an open case can register directly via Order Entry via -> Conferences -> Case Conferences -> Musculoskeletal Infection -> IMSIK
• External patients are registered via email to imsik@usb.ch.

To register, we require the patient's master data including guarantor and the following information and findings (if available):

• Relevant diagnoses
• Medical history and previous history of the patient
• Previous anti-infective therapy
• Preliminary microbiological and histological findings
• Relevant preliminary radiological examinations (per-H-Net or as a CD in DICOM format)
• Concrete question

Please note that the presentation at the IMISK will incur costs for the patient, we ask you as the referring physician to inform the patient of this.