Prof. Dr. Osman Güven

Prof. Dr. Osman Güven is an Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology specialist at Acibadem Altunizade Hospital in İstanbul, where he works within the Orthopedics & Joint Center. His subspecialty areas are hip and knee replacement surgery, shoulder and elbow surgery, and pediatric orthopedics. He has been in medicine for more than 48 years and has been part of Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 1999.

Dr. Güven graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1978 and completed his Orthopedics and Traumatology training at the same institution in 1982. He then worked at Merzifon Devlet Hospital (1982–1984) and Alanya Devlet Hospital (1984–1986) before joining Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, where he became Assistant Associate Professor in 1987, Associate Professor in 1989 and Professor in 1994. Between 1987 and 2008 he was the founder and head of the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, and in 1993 he headed the Department of Sports Health Sciences at the School of Sports. His international experience includes periods at Cleveland Clinic (1990), Twin Cities Spine Center (1992), Alabama Sports Medicine Center (1994) and New Castle State Hospital (England) (1995). He is a member of the Society Internationale Chirurgie at Orthopadie Traumatology (SICOT), the European Federation of Orthopedics and Traumatology (EFORT), the European Society for Surgery of Shoulder and Elbow SECEC (ESSSE), the European Spine Deformity Society (ESDS), the Turkish Orthopedics and Traumatology Association (TOTBİD) and the Turkish Spine Surgery Association, and he is a founder of the Turkish Shoulder and Elbow Surgery Association. His publications include work on arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, thoracolumbar burst fractures, arthroscopic repair of Bankart lesions in collision athletes and the mosaicplasty technique for osteochondral lesions of the knee.

Clinical focus

Dr. Güven assesses and treats adults and children with orthopedic and traumatic conditions. In adults, his areas of expertise include hip replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery, shoulder surgery and elbow surgery. He evaluates patients with osteoarthritis and other joint diseases, as well as knee and joint injuries seen in sports medicine and sports traumatology.

His practice also covers spinal disorders and spinal deformities. In children, he works in pediatric orthopedics and pediatric hand and upper extremity surgery. Whether a surgical or non-surgical approach is appropriate depends on the individual findings, and this is discussed with each patient after clinical assessment and review of imaging.

How Dr. Güven works with international patients

Dr. Güven consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing imaging and previous treatments, a clinical examination and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to discuss their case before travelling.