Dr Ulrike Muschaweck

About Dr Ulrike Muschaweck

Dr Muschaweck is a pioneering hernia surgeon whose career began in 1989 at a Munich university hospital. She opened her own private practice in Munich and developed two new surgical methods over the next 10 years, including the Munich Repair and Minimal Repair techniques. Over her career she has successfully treated more than 27,000 patients, performing over 1,000 surgeries annually. She serves elite athletes globally and specialises in sportsman's groin treatment. She is a Founding Member of the German Hernia Society and a Member of the International Advisory Board of the European Hernia Society.

Qualifications: MD Ph.D. FACS

Publications, lectures and teaching

• Regular invited lectures at European Hernia Society, European and American Orthopedic, Sports Medicine Societies
• Published articles on the "Minimal Repair" or "Muschaweck Repair" procedure, etiology, differential diagnosis and surgical therapy of Sportsmen's Groin, locating neuroma in chronic groin pain patients by INR (intra-operative nerve response), benefit and risk of mesh implantation in open and endoscopic surgery
• Book chapters on the etiology of Groin Pain, "Minimal Repair" technique for Sportsmen's Groin, recurrent inguinal hernia, mesh prostheses and socio-economic aspects in hernia surgery
• Reviewer of “Hernia” Journal

Society memberships

• Founding Member of the German Hernia Society DHG
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Viszeralchirurgie e.V. DGVC
• International Advisory Board of the European Hernia Society GREPA
• American Hernia Society AHS
• Appointed Fellow (F.A.C.S.) of the American College of Surgeon