HAND & UPPER LIMB
SHOULDER
FOOT & ANKLE
LIMB LENGTHENING & RECONSTRUCTION
ORTHOPAEDIC HIP SURGEON
Dr. Jan D. Joubert
MBChB, MMed (Orthop), FCS Orth (SA)
Dr. Joubert is the leading orthopaedic surgeon performing minimal invasive hip replacements in South Africa.
He specializes in the AMIS Total Hip Replacement technique, which will help you to enjoy an active life, free from the pain that prevents you from enjoying the little pleasures in life.
ORTHOPAEDIC HIP SURGEON
Dr. Jan D. Joubert
MBChB, MMed (Orthop), FCS Orth (SA)
Dr. Joubert is the leading orthopaedic surgeon performing minimal invasive hip replacements in South Africa.
He specializes in the AMIS Total Hip Replacement technique, which will help you to enjoy an active life, free from the pain that prevents you from enjoying the little pleasures in life.
ABOUT
Dr. Jan Joubert completed his medical degree at Stellenbosch University in 1987. He then served his internship in East London and went on to spend one year in London training in several fascinating disciplines including orthopaedics and general surgery.
Dr. Joubert was in general practice in Cape Town until 1995 after which he decided to further his studies and specialise in orthopaedic surgery. He completed his studies in 2001 achieving MMed and FCS from Stellenbosch Medical School. Dr. Joubert has since been in private practice in Greenacres Hospital, Port Elizabeth. In 2008 he established his 2nd practice in Panorama Mediclinic and a 3rd practice in Stellenbosch followed in 2016. He currently operates from Stellenbosch.
Dr. Joubert has worked with several leading French orthopaedic surgeons – including Dr. Frederick Laude, Dr. Pascal Vie and Dr. Pascal Moreau, training in the Anterior Minimal Invasive Surgery (AMIS) hip replacement technique.
Since specialising in the AMIS technique in 2007, Dr. Joubert has successfully performed more than 3 000 hip replacement procedures and is now the foremost orthopaedic surgeon performing minimal invasive hip replacements in South Africa. He has also been appointed as reference surgeon for the AMIS technique in South Africa. Dr. Joubert is actively involved with research and the development of the AMIS technique in South Africa.
Dr. Jan is a people person and maintains a ‘phone me any time’ policy.
TESTIMONIALS
Blessings are definitely in disguise. When my original hip replacement op was denied for October last year by my medical aid, I was distraught! Then, miraculously, Dr Johan Hugo was consulted in his practice, by a patient who had been operated on by you. Therein hangs the tail…
Everything about the AMIS procedure should be widely broadcast and all prospective hip replacement patients should know about. The orthopedic surgeons should be educated to a new practice instead of using the old traditional & “archaic” methods. Words cannot really describe the feeling of satisfaction when I can actually tell people that I ditched my crutches two weeks after the op (as you said would happen), was driving 3 and a half weeks after the op, and am going from strength to strength on a daily basis. Life has really taken a new meaning…
I am so grateful to you for how you have literally transformed my life from a limping, physically crooked, pain-racked “old” lady, to a sprightly, happy, pain-free 67-year-old “young lady”. What you did was sheer magic for me (And I’m sure for hundreds of others too) and my thanks are unbounded. So many thanks to Dr Hugo too as, if not for him, I would never have known otherwise…
3 days short of 3 months down the line and going strong!!!
With very best wishes & kind regards
Carol Sherwin
Walk & Run Painlessly. It is only 3 months since you did a total left hip replacement for me and as I said to you yesterday, you have changed my life. At the age of 60 I can now declare myself ready to embark on the second half of my journey – Pain free and physically and mentally ready to go. I cannot believe that I waited 3 years to pluck up enough courage. The pain was debilitating and reflected in my attitude to life, work and home.
The procedure was far less painful than I did imagine it would be and the recovery period was incredibly short. After 3 months I have almost forgotten that I had a hip replacement. Having gone through sleepless nights for years and experiencing pain constanty, I can now walk and even run free and painlessly.
You did a wonderful job and I cannot say thank you enough.
You can rest assured that I will not only refer but insist that anyone with a need for hip surgery must see you. You’re a genius!
Thank you again.
Tim Rands
Kon nie glo dat ek so gou herstel het nie!
Ek het beide heupvervangingsoperasies gehad en wil graag my eerstehandse ondervinding aan elkeen vir wie dit miskien van belang mag wees meedeel.
Eerste heupvervanging in 2004 gehad. Snit 20cm geheg met steke wat na 2 weke verwyder is. Dis was “eina”!! Moes elke 6uur pyn tablette neem. Selfs gedurende die nag ook. Beweging met hulp van fisioterapeut en krukke was maar moeilik veral die eerste paar dae. 5de dag trappe op en af geklim. 6de dag ontslaan en nog vir 6 weke met hulp van krukke geloop. Na 8 weke gemaklik geloop en motor bestuur.
2de heupvervangingsoperasie is op 2/2/09 gedoen.
Snit 10cm met oplosbare steke. Na 12 dae was wond gesond. Baie minder pyn gehad en slegs 2 pyn tablette per dag geneem. 2de dag met behulp van fisioterapeut en krukke uit bed. 3de dag rondgeloop met krukke. Beweging gemakliker en minder pynlik. 4de dag trappe op en af geklim. 5de dag ontslaan. Begin loop sonder krukke na 2 weke. 3de week weer die dokter besoek. Baie tevrede en gee toestemming om weer motor te bestuur.
Almal was baie verbaas en kon nie glo dat ek so gou herstel het nie.
Dank aan ons Hemelse Vader, dokter en verpleegspersoneel
Mev. E Terblanche
Dear Dr. Joubert, I just wanted to say Thank You for your compassion and support during my surgery. Your skills as a surgeon in my opinion are exceptional. I am very grateful for the quality of care I received from you, your office staff and the nursing staff at Panorama Medi Clinic. The very thought of hospitalization is scary and traumatizing. But caring doctors like you make it a less scary prospect. Thanks doc!!! I am looking forward to seeing you on 16 November.
Imran Bayat
Geagte Dr. Joubert. Dit is seker nie die gewoonte om geneeshere per brief te bedank nie, maar my heupvervanging op 12 Sept. 2012 het so 'n dramatiese verbetering in my lewe gemaak dat ek dink ek behoort u te laat weet.
Om weer te kan loop sonder kierie of ander hulpmiddel is so 'n groot voorreg. Bedags het ek eintlik geen pyn nie. Ek kan nie lank of ver loop nie, maar ek is per slot van rekening 82+ jaar, en snags is die lê nie so gerieflik nie maar dit gaan geleidelik beter.
Ek kan maar net sê: baie dankie.
Maria van der Bijl
MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMIS HIP REPLACEMENT. I had severe pain in my left hip and consulted my General Practitioner during April 2008. X-rays were taken and he immediately referred me to Orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Jan D Joubert, as my hip was severely corroded.
On 27 May 2008 I visited Dr. Joubert, who informed me that I had to undergo a hip replacement. He explained the method he was going to perform and this was called the AMIS hip replacement (With this new procedure, the muscles don’t get cut). This was to be done on 10 June 2008. I was admitted to Greenacres Hospital on 9 June 2008 and various tests were done during the afternoon.
On 10 June 2008 at approximately 8am I was taken for surgery. I was given a spinal injection and I had no feeling in the lower part of my body. Dr Jan D Joubert started operating. The Anethasist asked me if I was still okay during the operation. I asked him how far the surgeon was and he said the doctor was busy stitching me up resulting in another 10 minutes.
At approximately 11:15 I was taken into the recovery room. While in the recovery room the feeling came back into the lower part of my body. I immediately tried to move my feet and was surprised to see that I could move both of my feet. X-rays were taken of my hip in the recovery room. It was good to feel no pain. I was then taken to High Care and could bend my legs. Only a drip was in my arm and no muscles were cut.
That evening I was given only a sleeping tablet. On the morning of 11 June 2008, Dr Joubert came and gave instructions that the drip be removed and that they can move me to the General Ward. At approximately 10 am on 11 June 2008 the Physiotherapist came to me and asked me if I would like to walk. I immediately agreed and walked with my crutches for about 20 steps. I went back to bed and she said that I was doing fine and she will be back the next day. That night I was given a pain and sleeping tablet. On 12 June, at 8:30, the Physiotherapist was back and I started walking again with crutches. she then asked me if I was prepared to climb stairs and I agreed. I then walked up and down six stairs and she said that I was doing well that it was not necessary for her to come and help me anymore.
On 13 June 2008 at 12 o’clock, Dr Joubert released me from hospital and my dear wife came to fetch me. Thanks to the Lord, Dr Joubert, his team and staff of Greenacres hospital. The pain is gone and I am recovering at home.
I can truly recommend this new procedure to anyone awaiting a new hip, as the recovery period is quicker, due to the fact that the muscles are not cut into. As a result of this new method, the leg is more freely moveable after the operation, which was not the case with the old procedure, when muscles were cut into, which hampered easy movement to a great extent.
Pierre Snyman
PROFILE
| HPCSA Number | MP0320072 |
| Practice Number | 0280000051977 |
| 1987 | MBChB, Stellenbosch University |
| 2001 | FCS (Orth) (SA), Colleges of Medicine |
| 2001 | MMed (Orthop), Stellenbosch University |
Experience
- 1989
– Orthopaedics and General Surgery: (London) - 1990 – 1995
– Full time private practice: (Cape Town) - 2000 – 2008
– Full time private practice: (Greenacres Hospital, Port Elizabeth) - 2008 – 2020
– Full time private practice: (Mediclinic Panorama Hospital, Parow) - 2016 – present
– Full time private practice: (Mediclinic Winelands Orthopaedic Hospital, Stellenbosch)
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