Dr Franz Birkholtz

Revolutionary bone reconstruction

Bone loss is usually caused by trauma or infection. “In our country, road traffic accidents followed by gunshot injuries are the most common forms of trauma that cause bone loss,” says Dr Franz Birkholtz, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Institute of Orthopaedics and Rheumatology at Mediclinic Winelands Orthopaedic Hospital, who also practises at Mediclinic Midstream Hospital in Pretoria.