FAQ Hand and Tetra Hand Surgery

The Hand Surgery clinic is open to both able-bodied people and people with a spinal cord injury; in the outpatient and inpatient clinic.

Refer to “Treatments we offer - Hand and Tetrahand Surgery”

Register via the doctor treating you/your GP (GP model) or enquire directly by email or phone.

Depending on your condition, the health insurance provider or accident insurance provider will be responsible. The Hand Surgery secretary’s office and the SPC patient administration will deal with the administrative matters.

There is a separate process for foreign patients.

This depends on the procedure and ranges from outpatient treatment to admission for several weeks of rehabilitation (surgery for tetraplegics).

Restrictions to ADLs (activities of daily living). During your inpatient treatment, you will be looked after by the hand surgeons, the hand therapy team (occupational therapy and physiotherapy) and the nursing team.

Your own training, in some cases supported by video recordings. MTT (medical training therapy)

Hotel Sempachersee Nottwil (on the campus), which is wheelchair-accessible, offers rooms and excellent catering. There are other accommodation options available in Sursee and the surrounding area.

There will be various admission meetings and check-ups with the doctors, hand therapy and nursing staff.

Continued hand therapy will be recommended if necessary. This may be with our hand therapy team or at an external hand therapy practice.

Doctors will carry out check-ups if necessary. For complex operations for tetraplegics, we schedule check-ups after three, six, twelve and 24 months.

A telemedicine initial consultation can be arranged for patients with a spinal cord injury who live abroad. This will be coordinated by the Hand Surgery secretary’s office.