Clinica SANDALF: Orthopaedic surgery, hand surgery and physiotherapy in Spain

Clinica Médica Internacional SANDALF is a private medical clinic offering specialist treatment for orthopaedic surgery, hand surgery, injuries and accidents, as well as physiotherapy. Joint replacement options include knee replacement surgery, hip replacement surgery and ankle replacement surgery. The Clinica SANDALF team is UK trained and after several years in the NHS decided to relocate near to Malaga in southern Spain.

Clinica SANDALF is ideal for English speaking medical tourists and expats in:

Orthopaedic clinic in Spain

The clinic facilities include the most advanced technological equipment to help reach a diagnosis quickly and efficiently. The x-ray unit, diagnostic ultrasound machine and bone density scanner allow for most investigations to be performed in the clinic. Clinica SANDALF also has a small operating theatre to perform the smaller surgeries such as trigger finger, carpal tunnel and hammer toes. In addition, the clinic emphasises the importance of physiotherapy in returning patients to their normal physical state following an accident, surgery or any other trauma.

The more sophisticated operations offered at the clinic, to list just a few, include:

• Minimally invasive joint replacements: hip, knee, ankle and  shoulder as well as some of the hand and foot joints

• Hip joint resurfacing: also known as the Birmingham hip

• Hand surgery: e.g. Dupuytrens disease, finger joint replacement including the trapezius

• Arthroscopic procedures: keyhole surgery

• Hip replacement surgery: may or may not be minimally invasive, depending on the patient's history

• Knee replacement surgery: could be a half knee replacement as a preliminary measure, or a total knee replacement

• Ankle replacement surgery

• Shoulder replacement surgery

These procedures are performed in a private hospital very close to Clinica SANDALF. While in hospital you are looked after by the Clinica SANDALF team with daily visits from the consultant and the physiotherapist thereby eliminating language difficulties faced if you do not speak Spanish.

The length of hospital stay depends on the type of surgery performed but would be between 1 and 7 days. Accommodation after leaving hospital can be arranged by us. Hotel, aparthotel or residential home can be found according to your needs and preference. Usually lower limb joint replacement surgery would require an average stay of 20 days in total before returning home.   

Mr Alf Neuhaus FRCS Orth (Ger), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Mr Neuhaus is registered with the British General Medical Council (number: 4252485) and the General Medical Council of Malaga as an Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon (number: 9220). Mr Neuhaus began his medical career in Hamburg, Germany and then continued with his specialist training in orthopaedics and traumatology in both Germany and the UK and now holds the title of FRCS Orth (Ger). Mr Neuhaus is fluent in German, English and Spanish.    

Sandra Vincenti BSc(Hons) MCSP, UK Chartered Physiotherapist

Ms Vincenti is registered with the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in the UK and with the Colegio de Fisioterapeutas de Andalucia. No. 682. She qualified at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and then spent several years with the NHS before moving to Spain. She specialises in musculo-skeletal problems such as soft tissue or joint injuries as well as back and neck problems. Ms Vincenti does all of the post-operative rehabilitation and is therefore responsible for getting patients fit and mobile again after surgery. This might, for instance, involve learning how to walk again after hip replacement surgery or get a shoulder moving after shoulder replacement surgery. She is also trained in hand therapy and manual lymphatic drainage.

Should you be listed on a long waiting list in the UK to receive treatment, whether it's knee replacement surgery, ankle replacement surgery or any other joint replacement surgery, Clinica SANDALF can arrange for you to have the operation performed within a couple of weeks. Please do not hesitate to contact them if you have any questions or would like more information.

Quote for orthopaedic treatment in Spain

To obtain a quote for any procedure as well as choice of accommodation, please contact them by email.

Contact details

Clinica Médica Internacional SANDALF

Pueblosol, C/ Pepa Guerra Valdenebros s/n

29631 Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmadena

Malaga

Spain

Tel: (34) 952 57 77 66

Mobile 24 Hr: (34) 656 313 293

Fax: (34) 952 57 40 30

Email: clinicasandalf@terra.es

Web: www.clinica-sandalf.com

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