Company Profile
Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center
Company Overview
Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center with internationally known surgeons and researchers has grown steadily for more than 50 years. Our goal is to restore to patients the function and quality of life associated with strong, healthy hands and arms.
Since 1960, more than 1,200 physicians from 58 countries have been trained as Hand Fellows in advanced microsurgical techniques in our Institute. The Christine M. Kleinert Institute is the world’s largest Hand Fellowship Program in the world.
The practice offers comprehensive medical care for the hand and arm. The practice has locations in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and in New Albany, Indiana. We offer educational materials and services through the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Inc.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
We Performed the World’s First
Reported repair of a digital artery
Bilateral upper arm replantation
Reported successful technique for primary flexor tendon repair
Vascularized epiphyseal transfer
Bilateral forearm replantation
Significant Achievements
Nation’s first five hand transplants
One of the world’s first cross-hand replantations
Pioneered work in primary reconstruction using free tissue transfer
National award for research in blood flow to the nerve