
Dr Jacques Vallotton
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Orthopedic surgeon and traumatology specialist
SEMS sports medicine physician
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Dr. Jacques Vallotton specializes in orthopedic surgery and traumatology, sports medicine, with particular expertise in knee, hip and foot surgery.
Dr Jacques Vallotton
2021 (22.11) French AFCP Forum – Hallux Rigidus
Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) & Arthroscopy, Lyon, France
2018 (30.11) Medicol Annual Congress: Knee Surgery: From Arthroscopy to Prosthesis, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2018 (25 to 30.11) JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Blue Bay, Mauritius (moderator, speaker)
2018 (26.10) International Border Meeting Athlete's knee: Injuries and treatments: “Is there a place for UKA in active patients? », Lugano, Switzerland (guest speaker)
2018 (11.10) Custom Knee Day 2018, Ortho Congress, SandozMedica Sàrl and Dr Jean-François Fischer, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 (27.09) Inauguration of the COO (Ouchy Orthopedic Center), Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 (19-21.09) Interaction Meeting: Complex Knee Arthroplasty: from Primary to Revision, Zimmer Biomet, Baveno, Italy
2018 (15.06) Dual Mobility Day and its Practice 2018, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 (27.04) Masterclass “Oxford Partial Knee”, Lucerne, Switzerland (guest speaker)
2018 (15.03) Training of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department: “Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporotic Spine Fractures”, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
2017 (06 to 09.12) SFA (French Society of Arthroscopy), Marseille, France
2017 (24.11) Medicol Annual Congress: Hip Surgery: From Arthroscopy to Prosthesis, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2017 (16.11) Masterclass: “TH, access routes and exposure: what is it really like? Morges, Switzerland (guest speaker)
2017 (06 to 07.10) Persona Partial Knee; “The next ERA of personalization in fixed bearing partial knee design”, Rome, Italy
2017 (29 to 30.09) JFG (Francophone Knee Days): “Knee Prosthesis: Towards a Personalized Care”, Annecy, France (moderator, guest speaker)
2017 (13 to 16.09) IPSG (International patello-femoral Study Group) meeting, Munich, Germany
2017 (16.06) European Consensus Group Meeting on perioperative management of joint replacement, Brussels, Belgium
2017 (20-27.05) SMS (Sports and Exercise Medicine Seminar), Karmarina, Italy
2017 (29.03 to 01.04) International Hip Meeting: Totally Hip 2017, Preservation to Revision, Zimmer Biomet, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 (05.01) Arthrex Knee & Foot Workshop, Munich, Germany
2016 (20 to 25.11) JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Blue Bay, Mauritius (moderator, speaker)
2016 (02.11) Masterclass “The Unhappy Knee”: Patient Support Program by Zimmer-Biomet. Morges, Switzerland (guest speaker).
2016 (16 to 24.09) Lyon Knee Surgery Days, Lyon, France
2016 (10 to 13.08) Annual Pan Pacific Orthopedic Congress, Hawaii, USA. “Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL), implications on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures, a new therapeutic approach” (speaker), “Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) as a potential predisposing factor for anterior knee pain syndrome (AKPS), results after endoscopic tenolysis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon (FHL), a prospective cohort study” (speaker)
2016: (01 to 03.06): EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology) Congress 2016, Geneva, Switzerland: “Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL). Implications on Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Ruptures. A new therapeutic approach. (speaker).
2016 (01 to 05.03): AAOS (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons), Orlando, USA.
2016 (27.01): conference at the Swiss Alpine Club, Lausanne, Switzerland: “What sporting activity in the mountains after a knee or hip prosthesis?” (guest speaker)
2015 (09 to 12.12): SFA (French Society of Arthroscopy), Grenoble, France. “Functional hallux limitus and ACL rupture: causal links, prevention and therapeutic solutions” (speaker)
2015 (23-27.11): JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
2015 (20.11): Medicol Annual Congress on Hallux Valgus: Evolution and Innovation, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2015 (28 to 31.10): KNEE2day, International Sports Medicine and Knee Arthroplasty Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015 (16-17.10): Francophone Knee Days, Annecy, France. “Knee surgery: towards the forgotten prosthesis?; Complications of UKA (unicompartmental prostheses): from cause to revision” (guest speaker)
2015 (09 to 11.09): IPSG (International patello-femoral Study Group) meeting, Chicago, USA. “Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL) as a potential predisposing factor for Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome (AKPS), Results after endoscopic tenolysis of the Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon (FHL)” Vallotton J. (speaker)
2015 (09 to 16.05): SMS (Sports and Exercise Medicine Seminar), Palmiye, Türkiye
2015 (April 16 to 18): World Arthroplasty Congress, Paris, France
2015 (05.03): Functional Hallux Limitus, FHL study group meeting, Lausanne, Switzerland. “Surgical experience on more than 500 cases” Vallotton J. (speaker-organizer)
2014 (3-6.12): SFA (French Society of Arthroscopy), Luxembourg, “Functional Hallux Limitus as a predisposing factor for patellar syndrome” (speaker)
2014 (23 to 28.11): JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine) “Functional Hallux Limitus (HLF) and ACL rupture: causal links, prevention and therapeutic solutions”, Vallotton J., (speaker), BlueBay, Mauritius
2014 (13-16.11): Swiss Health Show, public conference, Lausanne, Switzerland “Should doctors review their way of communicating?” Vallotton J. (guest speaker)
2014 (10-13.11): SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery), Paris, France “Multi-level blockage in the sagittal plane in correlation with functional hallux limitus (HFL). Results after endoscopic tenolysis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon; comparative and prospective study using a multi-segmental model”. Vallotton J. (speaker), Arami A., Rouhani H., Aminian K., Tzioupis C.
2014 (10-13.11): SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedic and Traumatological Surgery), Paris, France “Functional hallux limitus (FLL) as a predisposing factor for patellar syndrome. Results after endoscopic tenolysis of the flexor hallucis longus tendon. A prospective study.” Vallotton J., (speaker), Diehl S., Tzioupis C.
2014 (06.11): RRMS (Romandie Sports Medicine Network). Training afternoon “Sport and….the Great Classics”
2014 (05.11): Zimmer Masterclass: The Challenges of Total Hip Replacement Revision, Tips and Tricks, Morges, Switzerland
2014 (12-13.09): EKA (European Knee Academy): Small Implants meeting, Brussels, Belgium. “What would be the ideal Patello-femoral joint design and why?” Vallotton J. (invited speaker)
2014 (19-20.09): Annual Congress of Hirslanden Physicians, Montreux, Switzerland. Presentation of the “Return to Active Life” Program Vallotton J. (designer, guest speaker)
2014 (28 to 30.07): International Conference and Exhibition on Orthopedics & Rheumatology, OMICS Publishing Group, San Francisco, USA. “Functional Hallux Limitus: A predisposing factor of flat foot deformities”, Vallotton J. (guest speaker)
2014 (11.06): Question de Santé, public lecture series “Knee prosthesis: a team success”, Lausanne, Switzerland. Vallotton J. (invited speaker), Conte D., Rappaz J.
2014 (03.05): Postgraduate training day on the musculoskeletal system, annual training course of the SSSR (Swiss Society of Skeletal Radiology): “The hip in all its details”, Lausanne, Switzerland
2014 (10-12.4) Spring Conference of the French Association of Foot Surgery, Bordeaux, France. “Hallux limitus” Vallotton J. (invited speaker), Tzioupis C., Diehl S.
2014 (03.04): Medicol Medical-Sports Symposium on Running, Lausanne, Switzerland. “Biomechanics of Walking and Running” Vallotton J. (speaker)
2014 (01.02) SSOT (Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), advanced training day. “Conservative hindfoot surgery: current status and forecasts”, Bern, Switzerland
2013 (29.11): Congress on functional hallux limitus, concepts and perspectives. Lausanne, Switzerland “Diagnosis and clinical implications”, Vallotton J. (speaker-organizer)
2013 (05.10): Open House Medical Conferences. Bois-Cerf Clinic, Lausanne, Switzerland. “Knee Prosthesis in All Its Forms,” (guest speaker)
2013 (28 to 31.08): IPSG (International patello-femoral Study Group) meeting, Ghent, Belgium
2013 (26-28.06) annual congress of the SSOT (Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), Lausanne, Switzerland
2013 (April 12 to April 13): Osteotomy Congress. “Monocompartmental Osteoarthritis? Unload it! », Luxembourg
2012 (18 to 24.11): JIMS (International Days of Sports Medicine), Blue Bay, Mauritius
2012 (12 to 16.11): Annual meeting of SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology), Paris, France
2012 (04.10) “Unicompartmental knee prosthesis”. Cartier Ph., Vallotton J. (speaker-moderator), Centre Général Guisan, Lausanne, Switzerland
2012 (28.09): SSOT (Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology): Fully custom-made knee prosthesis (instruments and implant), Yverdon, Switzerland.
2012 (August 30-31): Swiss Signature Master Class Meeting, Lucerne, Switzerland. (guest speaker)
2012 (23 to 25.05): Congress of the EFORT (European Federation of National Associations of Orthopedics and Traumatology), Berlin, Germany
2012 (12 to 19.05): SMS (Sports Medicine Seminar), “pulmonology and pediatric orthopedics”, Da Balaia, Portugal
2012 (19-20.04): Oxford Signature Meeting, London, England
2011 (15.12): Visit to the Orbis Medical Center (Dr Kort), Sittard, Holland
2011 (30.11): Health Issues, public conference series “partial knee prosthesis”, Lausanne, Switzerland. Boulos K., Diehl S., Vallotton J. (speaker)
2011 (25.11): “The infected prosthesis: a challenge to be met”, Lausanne, Switzerland
2011 (20.10): Swiss Congress of Sports Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland
2011 (21-23.09): Hip Improvements and Proceedings. Toulouse, France. “Anterior hip impingement and subtalar dysfunction”. Vallotton J. (invited speaker)
2011 (26.08): Swiss Signature Master Class Meeting, Biomet, Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker-organizer)
2011 (24-25.06): Expert Meeting organized by LINK on the CFP (Collum Femoris Preserving) hip prosthesis, Rome, Italy
2011 (15-16.06): Signature Vanguard International Symposium on Knee Prosthesis, Brussels, Belgium
2010 (08 to 12.11): SOFCOT (French Society of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery): Presentation of Professor Cartier's interview on unicompartmental prosthesis. Annual Congress, Paris, France
2010 (30.09 to 02.10): International Sports Medicine & Knee Arthroplasty Meeting, Berlin, Germany
2010 (01.05): Postgraduate training day on the musculoskeletal system, annual training course of the SSSR (Swiss Society of Skeletal Radiology): the knee in all its details, “New developments in knee surgery” Lausanne, Switzerland (speaker)
2010 (14-18.04): IPSG (International Patello-Femoral Study Group) meeting, London, England
Official accreditation by SEMS for the teaching of sports medicine.
Specialist title in sports medicine, SEMS
FMH specialist title in orthopedic surgery and musculoskeletal traumatology
Clinics and fellowships at HEH Lyon (France), HSS New York (USA), UH Pittsburg (USA), and COS Salt lake City (USA)
1990
Doctor of Medicine
1980
Federal Diploma of Medicine
Vallotton J., Diehl S., 2013.
Indications for uni-compartmental knee arthroplasty, chapter 1 in Partial Knee Replacement: Uni- and Bi-compartmental Options (ESSKA Best Practice), Eikon.
Vallotton J., Echeverri S., 2010.
Clinical Examination of the Patellofemoral Patient, Chapter 5, pages 41–49 in Patellofemoral Pain, Instability, and Arthritis (ESSKA Best Practice), Springer Verlag.
Vallotton J., Dubas F., Editors, 1991.
A Color Atlas of Mountain Medicine. London, Éditions Wolfe Ltd & Mosby, 223 p.
Theresa Rebecca Olden, Dr., and Jacques Vallotton, MD, 2021.
A rare etology of posterolateral pain subsequent to a total knee arthroplasty
Dr Antonino Fugazzotto, Dr Jacques Vallotton and Dr Steve Brenn – 2020
Partial supraspinatus tendon injuries: what treatment?
Theresa Rebecca Olden, Dr., and Jacques Vallotton, MD, 2020. Endoscopic Tenolysis of Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon: Surgical Technique
BM Riederer, C. Tzioupis, A. Oliveto, S. Grabherr and J. Vallotton, 2020: Identification of retro-talaren riegels Der Flexor-hallucis-longus-sehne
Chris Tzioupis Anthony Oliveto, Silke Grabherr, Jacques Vallotton and Beat M. Riederer, 2019: Identification of the retrotalar pulley of the Flexor Hallucis Longus tendon
Vallotton J., 2018, “Functional hallux limitus: when the foot works badly”, Magazine Génération, November 2018
Vallotton J., Florez M., Boillat M., 2018: “Welcome to the Ouchy Orthopedic Center”. Clinically Your Magazine, Hirslanden, No. 23 November, p. 7-9
Vallotton J., 2017: “A new approach to knee surgery”. Cliniquement Votre Magazine, Hirslanden, No. 20 December, pp. 6-9
Vallotton J., 2017: “Precursors of modern orthopedics”. Cliniquement Votre Magazine, Hirslanden, October special issue, p. 7
Vallotton J., Tzioupis C., 2017: “Positive effect of Flexor hallucis longus (Fhl). Release on Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome (AKPS) in patients with Functional Hallux Limitus (FHL)”. Article sent to the Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, awaiting validation.
Vallotton J., Tzioupis C., 2017: “Subtalar arthroscopy in the treatment of Functional Hallux Limitus. A new paradigm shift. Article sent Journal of foot and ankle surgery, awaiting validation.
Vallotton J., 2015: “Functional hallux limitus, the Columbus egg of orthopedics”. Cliniquement Votre Magazine, Hirslanden, no. 10 July, pp. 18-19
Vallotton J., 2014: “Functional Hallux Limitus, the foot that tires and wears out”. Swiss Medical Review No. 453, 2333-2337
Vallotton J., 2012: “Functional hallux limitus”. Journal of Orthopedic Mastery No. 216
Vallotton J., Echeverri S., Dobbelaere-Nicolas V., 2010. “Functional Hallux Limitus or Rigidus Caused by a Tenodesis Effect at the Retrotalar Pulley…”. American Journal of Podiatry. Vol 100 • No 3, pages 220-229 Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Vallotton J., 2010: “Unicompartmental knee surgery – a good option for the active patient?” Smith & Nephew Customer Magazine, Issue No. 11
Vallotton J., 2008: “Anterior Knee Pain and Flexor Hallucis Longus Impingement: A Close Relationship”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, DOI: 10.1007/s00167-008-0548-4.
Vallotton J., 2008: “Functional Hallux Limitus or Rigidus…”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy Volume 16, Supplement 1:S80-S230.
Benvenuti JF, Vallotton J, Meystre JL, Leyvraz PF, 1998: “Objective assessment of the anterior tibial translation in Lachman test position…”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 6(4):215-9.
Meystre JL, Vallotton J., Benvenuti JF., 1998: “Double semitendinosus anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: 10-year results”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 6(2):76-81.
Gremion G, Bielinski R, Vallotton J, Augros R, Laréqui Y, Leyvraz PF. 1998: «Gymnastic world championship in Lausanne: medical staffing». Revue Médicale de la Suisse Romande. Aug;118(8):709-11.
Vallotton J, Meuli RA, Leyvraz PF, Landry M., 1995: “Comparison between magnetic resonance imaging and arthroscopy in the diagnosis of patellar cartilage lesions…”. Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 3(3):157-62.
Member of the Vaudois Medical Society (SVM)
Member of the Swiss Society of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology (SSOT)
Member of the Swiss Society of Sports Medicine (SSMS)
Member of the European Society for Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA)
Member of the International Patello-Femoral Study Group (IPSG)
FHL Research
One of the research projects conducted by Medicol focuses on the problem of functional hallux limitus (FHL).