Dr. med. Swenn Maxence Krähenbühl

General Hand Surgery

• Elective surgery (Dupuytren's contracture, carpal tunnel, trigger fingers, cysts)
• Trauma of the hand, wrist and forearm (fractures, ligament injuries, wounds)
• Post-traumatic sequelae (3D-planned osteotomies of the forearm, wrist and hand; ligament reconstructions; arthrodeses)

Hand-wrist prosthetic surgery (thumb base arthritis, digital arthritis, wrist arthritis)

Nerve surgery of all four limbs (nerve injuries, compression syndromes, nerve tumors)

Reconstructive surgery (skin cancer of the face and body, abdominal wall, breast, lower limb)

Microsurgery (free flaps, toe transfers, etc.)

• Romande Association of Established Hand Surgeons – ARCMI
• International Wrist Arthroscopy Society
• European Wrist Arthroscopy Society
• Vaud Group of Hand Surgeons – GVCM
• Vaud Medical Society – SVM
• Swiss Medical Association – FMH
• Swiss Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery – SSCPRE
• Swiss Society for Surgery of the Hand – SSCM

Krähenbühl SM. Fracture du scaphoïde et ses complications. Résonance Affidea-Suisse – Imagerie Main et Poignet – Confrontation radio-clinque. Sauramps Medical. 2023

Christen T, Krähenbühl SM, Müller CT, Durand S. Periosteal medial femoral condyle free flap for metacarpal nonunion. Microsurgery. 2022 Mar;42(3):226-230. doi: 10.1002/micr.30826. Epub 2021 Oct 11. PMID: 34636060; PMCID: PMC9292408.

Guillier D, Campisi C, Krähenbühl SM, Raffoul W, di Summa PG. Bipedicled distally based medial plantar artery perforator flap for forefoot reconstruction: A case report. Microsurgery. 2020 May;40(4):497-500. doi: 10.1002/micr.30583. Epub 2020 Apr 3. PMID: 32243659.

di Summa PG, Watfa W, Krähenbühl S, Schaffer C, Raffoul W, Bauquis O. Colic-Based Transplant in Sexual Reassignment Surgery: Functional Outcomes and Complications in 43 Consecutive Patients. J Sex Med. 2019 Dec;16(12):2030-2037. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2019.09.007. Epub 2019 Oct 24. PMID: 31668734.

Pereira LC, Schweizer C, Moufarrij S, Krähenbühl SM, Favre J, Gremion G, Applegate LA, Jolles BM. Gait analysis following single-shot hyaluronic acid supplementation: a pilot randomized double-blinded controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2019 Apr 22;5:56. doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0443-4. PMID: 31024734; PMCID: PMC6475965.

DI Summa PG, Largo RD, Ismail T, Tremp M, Lunger A, Wettstein R, Krähenbühl SM, Giordano S, Schaefer DJ, Schaeren S, Kalbermatten DF. Reconstruction of Spinal Soft Tissue Defects With Perforator Flaps From the Paraspinal Region. In Vivo. 2019 May-Jun;33(3):827-832. doi: 10.21873/invivo.11546. PMID: 31028204; PMCID: PMC6559912.

Krähenbühl SM, Pantet O, Berger MM, Raffoul W, di Summa PG. Comment on "Incidence of risk factors for bloodstream infections in patients with major burns receiving intensive care: A retrospective single-center cohort study". Burns. 2019 May;45(3):743-744. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.10.028. Epub 2018 Dec 28. PMID: 30598267.

Hausherr TC, Nuss K, Thein E, Krähenbühl S, Applegate LA, Pioletti DP. Effect of temporal onsets of mechanical loading on bone formation inside a tissue engineering scaffold combined with cell therapy. Bone Rep. 2018 Apr 26;8:173-179. doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2018.04.008. PMID: 29955636; PMCID: PMC6020271.

Krahenbuhl SM, Gonzalez M, Aubert JD, Tamm M, Ris HB, Krueger T, Perentes JY. Management of bilateral necrotizing bronchial dehiscence after a double lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul;156(1):e29-e31. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.02.070. Epub 2018 Mar 8. PMID: 29609884.

Traverso AM, Douek P, Schivo D, Bruyère C, Müller CT, Krähenbühl SM. (2017) De Quervain Tenosynovitis in a 12-Year-Old Child: A Generation’s Disease?. J Orthop Surg Tech 1(2):29-32

Krähenbühl SM, Čvančara P, Stieglitz T, Bonvin R, Michetti M, Flahaut M, Durand S, Deghayli L, Applegate LA, Raffoul W. Return of the cadaver: Key role of anatomic dissection for plastic surgery resident training. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jul;96(29):e7528. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000007528. PMID: 28723767; PMCID: PMC5521907.

Krähenbühl SM, Depairon M, Faure M, Vietti Violi N, Applegate LA, Raffoul W. Sildenafil as a therapeutic option for digital ischemic ulceration: case report. J Hand Surg Am. 2015 May;40(5):890-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.01.041. Epub 2015 Mar 25. PMID: 25817752.

Krähenbühl SM, Grognuz A, Michetti M, Raffoul W, Applegate LA (2015) Enhancement of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cell Expansion and Stability for Clinical use. Int J Stem Cell Res Ther 2:007