Episurf Medical (Nasdaq: EPIS B) today announces that the first Episealer® Talus surgery in Scandinavia was performed earlier today at the Arcademy Clinic at Sophiahemmet, Stockholm, Sweden. The surgery was performed by Dr Jouko Kivioja and his team, supported by Prof. Niek van Dijk from the FIFA Medical Center of Excellence, Madrid, Spain. 

”Arcademy is a center of excellence at Sophiahemmet hospital with a vision to lead and improve surgery and healthcare. Performing the first Episealer® Talus surgery in Scandinavia today is an example of how we constantly strive for excellence. The patient has suffered for a long time due to a large injury in his ankle joint, which we today have resolved with an Episealer® Talus implant”, says Dr Jouko Kivioja.

“We are very pleased with the cooperation with the team at the Arcademy Clinic, leading up to this first Episealer® Talus surgery in Scandinavia. We look forward to continued cooperation, and we hope to offer this implant solution to many more patients in Sweden and other countries. I also want to congratulate Dr Kivioja and his team on a successful surgery”, says Pål Ryfors, CEO Episurf Medical. 

“We are proud of Dr Jouko Kivioja, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Arcademy clinic, Sophiahemmet. Today, he has performed the first surgery in Scandinavia for a large lesion in an ankle, for which an individualised implant, an Episealer® Talus implant, has been used to repair the lesion“, says Dr Elisabet Hagert, CEO Arcademy Clinic.