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Patient Academy: understand your diagnosis and your options

Guides to help you prepare for your consultation, compare treatment options and understand what to expect before or after an operation.

Medical reviewClearly listed sourcesPractical next steps
Medical education and information about orthopaedic care
Information to support your discussion with the doctorThe guides are not for self-diagnosis; they help you ask better questions.
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UnderstandThe symptom and possible causes
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PrepareInvestigations and questions
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CompareBenefits, limitations and alternatives
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RecoverSafe and realistic steps
Patient Academy library

Find the guide you need

Selected guides to help you understand a procedure, discuss your options and organise your rehabilitation.

The articles and guides in this library are currently available in Greek. Search using Greek words or choose a filter.

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Decision guides

When you need to compare options

The most useful guides do not simply describe what is done; they explain for whom, why, with which alternatives and with what limitations.

Knee · Comparing options

Partial or total knee replacement? Joint wear guides the choice

Understand the differences between partial and total joint replacement.

Explore the guide (In Greek)
Shoulder · Treatment decisions

Rotator cuff tear: when is surgery needed?

A guide to discussing non-surgical management and surgery.

Explore the guide (In Greek)
Knee and hip · Comparing options

Robotic-assisted or conventional joint replacement?

Read about the differences in planning and the questions that help guide the choice.

Explore the guide (In Greek)
Shoulder · Treatment decisions

Shoulder dislocation: when is surgery discussed?

The questions discussed when an operation is being considered.

Explore the guide (In Greek)
Rehabilitation

Returning to function is planned step by step

Progress is not the same for everyone. Safety, healing, gradual loading and functional criteria take priority — not just the calendar.

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Beforehand

Preparing your home, medicines, support and realistic expectations.

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The first few days

Pain control, safe mobilisation and recognition of warning signs.

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Progress

Gradually increasing movement, strength and endurance using defined criteria.

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Return

Driving, work and sport only when the appropriate conditions are met.

General guides do not replace your own protocol

After an operation or fracture, follow the specific instructions from your surgical and physiotherapy team, as these may differ according to the technique and findings.

Georgios Petridis explaining medical imaging
Content reliability

Clear information, with medical review

Medical review is provided by Georgios Petridis, MD, MSc. Each guide helps you prepare your questions and understand your discussion with the doctor.

  • Details and biography of the doctor responsible for the content.
  • Scientific sources collected at the end of the guides.
  • An explanation of the options and their limitations.
  • Links to relevant conditions, treatments and rehabilitation guidance.
Georgios Petridis, MD, MSc

Medical review: Georgios Petridis, MD, MSc

The guides are educational and structured to support — not replace — clinical assessment and informed shared decision-making.

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