Dr. Kris Buedts has undergone extensive training in orthopedic surgery, both in Belgium and abroad. He has mainly specialized in peripheral orthopedic surgery.
He began his medical career in 1993 when he graduated as a Doctor of Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. As a licensed competitive swimmer, he has a strong interest in sports-related conditions. He further specialized in orthopedics at the University of Antwerp, where he deepened his expertise in foot and ankle pathology, both within and outside Belgium.
Dr. Buedts completed his orthopedic training at the Royal College of Surgeons, Beaumont Hospital (Ireland), and pursued a fellowship in ‘Foot and Ankle Surgery’ at the Southern Californian Orthopedic Institute, Los Angeles (USA) under the guidance of Richard Ferkel, as well as at KU Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Dereymaeker. He is a member of prestigious medical associations and has delivered numerous lectures and published several works, making him an authority in the field of foot and ankle orthopedics.
Dr. Buedts specifically focuses on ankle and hindfoot surgery, with a strong emphasis on treating sports injuries and ankle osteoarthritis problems. He is associated with the Foot and Ankle Institute in Brussels and the Delta hospital to provide patients with specialized care in a team setting. Additionally, he serves as a consultant at UZ Gent, where he supports scientific research in this field alongside his clinical work.
Currently, Dr. Buedts trains young colleagues from all over Europe to become skilled foot and ankle surgeons. The service has been strengthened by a fellowship program where orthopedic surgeons can further specialize in foot and ankle pathology and surgery.
Biography
Dr. Kris Buedts has undergone extensive training in orthopedic surgery, both in Belgium and abroad. He has mainly specialized in peripheral orthopedic surgery.
He began his medical career in 1993 when he graduated as a Doctor of Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. As a licensed competitive swimmer, he has a strong interest in sports-related conditions. He further specialized in orthopedics at the University of Antwerp, where he deepened his expertise in foot and ankle pathology, both within and outside Belgium.
Dr. Buedts completed his orthopedic training at the Royal College of Surgeons, Beaumont Hospital (Ireland), and pursued a fellowship in ‘Foot and Ankle Surgery’ at the Southern Californian Orthopedic Institute, Los Angeles (USA) under the guidance of Richard Ferkel, as well as at KU Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Dereymaeker. He is a member of prestigious medical associations and has delivered numerous lectures and published several works, making him an authority in the field of foot and ankle orthopedics.
Dr. Buedts specifically focuses on ankle and hindfoot surgery, with a strong emphasis on treating sports injuries and ankle osteoarthritis problems. He is associated with the Foot and Ankle Institute in Brussels and the Delta hospital to provide patients with specialized care in a team setting. Additionally, he serves as a consultant at UZ Gent, where he supports scientific research in this field alongside his clinical work.
Currently, Dr. Buedts trains young colleagues from all over Europe to become skilled foot and ankle surgeons. The service has been strengthened by a fellowship program where orthopedic surgeons can further specialize in foot and ankle pathology and surgery.
Surgical Specialties
Ankle osteoarthritis
Ankle osteoarthritis is a painful condition that significantly impacts the patientâs quality of life. Unlike osteoarthritis of the knee or hip, ankle osteoarthritis often affects younger patients, with up to 60% having a prior injury, ranging from a poorly treated sprain to an ankle fracture. There is a wide range of treatment options available, from non-surgical treatments such as the use of orthotics like insoles and specialized footwear, physical therapy, and injections into the ankle joint. However, when pain is no longer manageable and quality of life is severely impacted, surgical corrections may be considered. These procedures range from joint-preserving surgeries, where axial corrections are performed to improve joint function and reduce pain, to joint-sacrificing procedures such as ankle prosthesis implantation or joint fusion, known as arthrodesis. The purpose of these interventions is to alleviate pain and enhance quality of life. The treatment is highly patient-specific. To achieve the best possible outcome, we employ the latest techniques, from diagnostics to patient-specific instrumentation during surgical corrections.
Sport Injuries
Sports injuries encompass a range of conditions affecting tendons and ligaments. It is crucial that the physician fully understands the specific needs of an athlete in order for them to successfully perform their sport. Comprehensive care is available for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of both acute and chronic sports injuries. Treatment can vary from non-surgical measures, such as adjusting exercise posture, to performing corrective procedures that help the athlete return to optimal performance.
Ankle Surgery
Ankle surgery is a medical procedure aimed at resolving various issues within the ankle joint. The ankle is the link between the lower leg and the foot and plays a crucial role in stability and proper function during walking and sports activities. In an ankle surgery, a thorough assessment is first conducted to identify the problem, followed by the selection of a treatment tailored to the specific needs of the patient.
Revision Surgery
Revision surgery, the process of operating on a previously treated body part, arises from various circumstances. This can be due to a complication or an unsatisfactory result from a previous treatment. Its purpose is to improve functionality or relieve pain. However, it presents significant challenges. To identify the precise cause of an issue and develop the most appropriate course of action, a personalized approach is essential for each patient.
Foot Surgery
The foot is a complex structure of bones, joints, and tendons. In total, the foot contains 26 bones and 33 joints, all working together to provide stability and movement. When the delicate balance in the foot is disturbed, it can lead to various issues and deformities affecting both the foot and toes. Since we rely on our feet every day and use them intensively, it is important to offer effective treatments for foot problems.
Consultations
From September 2024, no more consultations at the ZNA Middelheim and at the Gewrichtskliniek of Berchem.
The list of new consultations is available here:
Foot & Ankle Institut Brussels
FAI Brussels
Cabinet Brussels
B2M
Delta Chirec Brussels
Delta Chirec
UZ Gent
UZ Gent
Contact
For any inquiry, please send a message to contact@krisbuedts.eu
Memberships
- President EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society): 2022-2024
- President Elect EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society): 2020-2022
- Past President BFAS (Belgium Foot and Ankle Society): 2020-2022
- Foot and Ankle Surgery; Associate Editor
- Foot and Ankle International journal; Member Editorial Board until 2022
- Honorary Secretary EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society): 2018-2020
- Council member EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society) 2016-2018
- Council member EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society) 2014-2016
- Council member IFFAS (International Association of Foot and Ankle Society) 2020 -2024
- Secretary IFFAS (International Association of Foot Ankle Society) 2024-2026
- Member AOFAS (American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society)
- Member AAOS (American Orthopedic Society)
- Member AFCP (Association Française de Chirugie du Pied)
- Member DAF (Deutsche Assoziation fĂŒr FuĂ und Sprunggelenk e.V.)
- Member International WBCT Society
- Member of the Orthopedics Recognition Committee
- Member BVOT (Belgische Vereniging voor Orthopedie en Traumatologie)
Recent Lectures
- 2024 Principles of Deformity Correction, Ankle OA Management, Nantes, France
- 2024 Dome osteotomie, Ankle OA Management, Nantes, France
- 2024 Associate Surgeries in Aligment Corrections , Ankle OA Management, Nantes, France
- 2024 The Impact of a book on the global Foot and Ankle Community, Book launch Prof Hintermann, Dr Ruiz, Basel Swiss
- 2024 Revision total Ankle Prosthesis, 3 day course, Stryker, Augsburg, Germany
- 2024 Supramalleolar Osteotomies in Valgus ankle, Ankle Arthritis Course, Newcastle upon Tine, Great Britain
- 2024 WBCT and Tar , does it really change my plan; Ankle Arthritis Course, Newcastle upon Tine, Great Britain
- 2024 Ask The Expert Webinar, AOFAS
- 2024 PSI guiding In Supramalleolar osteotomie, DAF-ĂGF meeting Vienna
- 2024 Cone beam CT et planification PSI pour OA de la cheville, AFCP Montpellier France
- 2024 Faculty 21 Brazilian Conational Conference In Foot and ankle Surgery, Macéio Brazil
- 2024 Principles of deformity correction, Ankle OA management SEMCPT, Granada, Spain
- 2024 Cone beam CT and PSI planning for OA treatment, BVOT meeting Antwerp, Belgium,
- 2024 My experience with Total Ankle Replacement and Clinical Case discussion, EFAS SLAB Aarhus, Denmark
- 2024 Instructional Course, EFAS Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
- 2024 Principles of deformity correction, Ankle OA management, IBRA-EFAS Basel , Switzerland
- 2024 Chronical osteomyelitis in Foot and Ankle : a strategy , IBRA-EFAS Basel, Switzerland
- 2024 Dome Osteotomie, Ankle OA management Course, New Clip, Nantes, France
- 2024 Supramalleolar osteotomies in valgus ankle, Ankle OA management Course, New Clip, Nantes, France
- 2024 Principles of deformity correction, Ankle OA management Course, New Clip, Nantes, France
- 2024 Total Ankle Prosthesis, Management, 4th Qatar Foot and ankle Conference, Doha
- 2024 Ankle Instability, Management , Â 4th Qatar Foot and ankle Conference, Doha
- 2024 WBCT and Innovation in 3D rendering PSI, 4th Qatar Foot and ankle Conference, Doha
- 2024 Lapidus Procedure, EFAS Forefoot Course Barcelona Spain
- 2024 Malunion after Hallux Valgus Surgery and Tranfermetatarsalgia, EFAS Forefoot Course Barcelona Spain
- 2024 Double Arthrodesis , EFAS Forefoot Course Barcelona Spain
- 2024 Case discussions, EFAS Forefoot Course Barcelona Spain
- 2024 The Stiff Ankle, Barcelona TAR Course, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
- 2024 Realignement Surgery in ankle OA, Barcelona TAR Course, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
- 2024 Â Infections in TAR, Barcelona TAR Course, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
- 2024 Cone beam CT et planification PSI pour OA de la cheville , Session Académie Française de Chirurgie, Paris, France
Latest Publications
- Pre-operative Planning of Total Ankle Prosthesis, What are we aiming for, Buedts, K, FussSprungg 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuspru.2024.07.001
- Diversity adds richness to live, Buedts K, Foot and Ankle Surgery 2024 , https://doi.org/10;1016/j.fas.2024.08.006
- Advancing Education and Research in Foot and Ankle Surgery , Buedts K , Foot and Ankle Surgery, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2024.08.004
- Ankle Joint Bone Density Distribution Correlates with Overall 3-Dimensional Foot and Ankle Alignement, Lintz Fr, Bernansconi A, Buedts K, Welck M, Scot E, Cesar Neto, JBJS am 2023, DOI 10.2106/jbjs.23.00180
- Ankle Instability, Facts and Myths to protect youf Cartilage repairing, Yuhan Tan, Kristian Buedts, Foot and Ankle Clinics 2023 DOI 10.1016/j.fcl.202307.005
- Tibiotalocalcaneal and Tibiotalar Arthrodesis for severe cavovarus Deformity : Tips and Tricks , Casais InĂȘs, Steenwerckx Anny, Buedts Kristian , Foot and Ankle Clinics 2023 DOI 10.1016/j.fcl.2023/06/003
- Supramalleolar Osteotomies in Cavo Varus Deformity : Why PSI make a difference, Burssens A, Devos Bevernage B, Buedts K, Foot and Ankle Clinics 2023 DOI 10.1016/j.fcl.2023.06.002
- Avoidance of injury of the posterior neurovascular bundle during total ankle arthroplasty ; A simple technical tip; Ramhamadany, Buedts, Blundell et al FAS 2022 : DOI 10/1016/j.fas.2022.04.003
- Statistical Shape model-based tibiofibular assessment of syndesmotic ankle lesions using WBCT , Peiffer Mathias, Buedts K , Journal Of Orthopedic Research 2022 Doi : 10.1002/jor.25318
- Correction of Ankle Varus Deformity using Patient Specific dome shaped Osteotomy guides designed on WBCT : a pilot study , Faict, Buedts K , Arch Orthop Traum Surgery 2021, DOI 10.1007/s00402-021-04164-9
- How to win a Best Paper Award, Richter M, Buedts K et al, Foot and Ankle Surgery, DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2021.03.001
- Towards Automated Ligamentous Injury Evaluation in Syndesmotic Ankle Lesions, Peiffer M, Buedts K et al Research Square Preprint, DOI: 10.21203/ rs-36493/v1
- Morphometric analysis of the incisor fibulas in patients with unstable high ankle sprains, Huysse, âŠBuedts et al, skeletal Radiology 2020, DOI: 10.1007/soo256-020-03649-9
- Outcome after Arthropscopically assisted percutaneous reconstruction of lateral ankle ligaments using a gracilis autograft, Caals, M,… Buedts Kris Acta Orthopaedica Belgica , 2020, 86, 95-101
- Is Lower Limb alignement associated with hind foot deformity in the Coronal Plane? A WBCT Analysis, A.Burssens, K.Buedts, A.Barg, E Vluggen, P.Demey, C. Saltzman, J. Victor, Clin Orthop Relat Res (2020) 478:1-15 DOI 10.1097/CORR.0000000000001067
- 3D WBCT Topographical study of periprosthetic cysts and alignement in Total Ankle Replacement F. Lintz, J. Mast, A. Bernansconi, N. Mehdi, C. De Cesar Neto, C. Fernando,WBCT group, K. Buedts , Foot and Ankle International, DOI : 10.1177/10711007119891411. This paper won the IFFAS award during the AOFAS Meeting, Chicago 2019. Interview available through PodCast FAI
- Long term clinical results of hallux varus correction by a reversed abductor hallucis transfer, K.Swagten, G. Vandeputte, J.Somville, E. Van Hoecke, K.Buedts , Foot and Ankle Surgery, https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.fas.10.004
- Creativity of Research in Europe, Buedts K., Foot and Ankle Surgery, October 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fas.2018.09.002
- Templating of Syndesmotic Ankle lesions by use of 3D Mirroring in Weight bearing and non-Weight bearingVermue H, Burssens A,de Kock L, Verstraete M, Victor J, Buedts K., Foot And Ankle International 2018, https://doi.org/ 10.1177/1071100718791834
- Influence of investigator experience on reliability of adult acquired flatfoot deformity measurements using weight-bearing computed tomography ,Cesar de Cesar Netto, Delaram ShakoorEric, J. ,DeinHanci Zhang,Gaurav K. Thawait; Martinus Richter,James R. Ficke, Lew C. Schon, Alexej Barg, Francois Lintz,, Arne Burssens, Kris Buedts, Mark Easley, Scott J. Ellis, Alexandre L. Godoy-Santos, Bryan Den Hartog, Shadpour Demehri, Foot Ankle Surg (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.fas.2018.03.001
- Hindfoot Alignement of Adult Acquiered Flatfoot Deformity: A Comparison of Clinical Assessment and WBCT Examinations, Cesar de Cesar Netto, Delaram Shakoor, Lauren Roberts, Apisan Chinanuvathana, Alireza Mousavian, Francois Lintz , Martinus Richter,James R. Ficke, Lew C. Schon, Alexej Barg, Arne Burssens, Kris Buedts, Mark Easley, Scott J. Ellis, Alexandre L. Godoy-Santos, Bryan Den Hartog, Foot and Ankle Surgery 2018, DOI: 10/1016/j.fas.201810/008
- EFAS Score â Multilingual development and validation of a patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) by the score committee of the European Foot and Ankle Society (EFAS). Best Article Award FAS 2018. Martinus Richter Per-Henrik Agren Jean-Luc Besse Maria CoÌster, Hakon Kofoed Nicola Maffull Dieter Rosenbaum Martijn Steultjens, Fernando Alvarez Andrzej Boszczyk,Kris Buedts, Marco Guelfi, Henryk Liszka, Jan-Willem Louwerens, Jussi P. Repo, Elena Samaila, Michael Stephens Angelique G.H. Witteveen FAS : https://doi.org/10.1016/j. fas.2018.05.004
- Templating of Syndesmodic Ankle laesions by use of 3D Mirroring in Weight bearing and non-Weight bearing Vermue H, Burssens A,de Kock L, Verstraete M, Victor J, Buedts K. Abstract EORS Munich septembre 2017
- Accuracy, reproducibility and advantages of determining hindfoot alignment in 3D versus conventional 2D methods using weightbearing CTâ Burssens Arne,Jef Peeters,Rosalie Marien,Toon Lenaerts, Geoffroy Vandeputte,Jan Victor,Kristian Buedts, Abstract AAOS 2017
- Total Ankle Artrhoplasty : Minimum Follow-up Policy for Reporting Results and Guidelines for Reporting Problems and Complications resulting in Re- operations, Vander Griend RA, Younger ASE, Buedts K, Chiodo CP,Coetzee JC, Ledoux WR, Pinzur MS, Prasad KSRK, Queen RM, Saltzman CL, Thordarson DB, FAI 2017,Jul:38(7):703-704
- Weightbearing CT in normal hindfoot alignment- presence of a constitutional Valgus, A. Bursssens MD, E. Van Herzele, T. Leenders, S. Clockaerts, K. Buedts, G. Vandeputte, J. Victor FAS2017.02.006 , https://doi.org/10.1016/ j.fas.2017.07.1089
- Measuring hind foot alignment in weight bearing CT: A novel clinical relevant measurement method, A. Burssens MD, J. Peeters MDK. Buedts MDJ. Victor MD, Ph.D.G. Vandeputte MD Foot and Ankle Surgery FAS2016-868; No. of Pages 6
Book contributions
- Transfer metatarsalgia after hallux valgus Surgery, K.Buedts, Abstract book EFAS 2019
- PrĂ©face, Lâavant Pied en 15 Questions, Approche Critique De la Chirurgie de lâAvant Pied, Cahiers dâenseignement de la SOFCOT, Elsevier Masson 2022