dr. B.L. Fransen

2022 - heden
Chef de Clinique, Orthopedisch chirurg
OCON Orthopedische kliniek

2014 – 2021
Opleiding tot Orthopedisch chirurg Regio Noord-West (Noordwest Ziekenhuis Alkmaar, VU Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, Spaarne Gasthuis Hoofddorp).

2014 - 2019
Promotie aan de Faculteit der Gedrags- en Bewegingswetenschappen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Proefschrift: “Improving functional outcome and outcome measures in total knee arthroplasty”

2005 – 2012
Geneeskunde Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

1999 – 2005
Stedelijk Gymnasium Nijmegen

2021 – 2022
Orthopedisch chirurg
Adult Reconstruction, Hip and Knee Fellowship
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

2013 
Arts-assistent orthopedie (niet in opleiding)
Rijnstate Ziekenhuis Arnhem

2014
Arts-assistent orthopedie (niet in opleiding)
Medisch Centrum Alkmaar​

Chronic Pseudoaneurysm and Anterior Dislocation After Total Hip Arthroplasty Complicated by Arterial Injury:
A Case Report
TJL Crown, GA Sheridan, F Bengoa, BL Fransen, DK Lawlor, PW Clarkson, NV Greidanus
JBJS Case Connector April-June 2022 - Volume 12 - Issue 2 - e22.00054
 

Functional outcome of total knee arthroplasty following tibial plateau fractures: a systematic review
P Pander, BL Fransen, FJA Hagemans, LCM Keijser
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2021 Nov 20. doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-04188-1
 

Patients' perceived walking abilities, daily-life gait behavior and gait quality before and 3 months after total
knee arthroplasty
BL Fransen, M Pijnappels, IK Butter, BJ Burger, JH van Dieën, MJM Hoozemans
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2021 May 6. doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-03915-y
 

Implant survival in uncemented total hip arthroplasty for displaced intracapsular femoral neck fractures:
outcomes of 115 patients in a single center
MN Dogger, BL Fransen, IN Sierevelt, PA Nolte
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2020 Jul;30(5):885-893. doi: 10.1007/s00590-020-02652-z
 

Gait quality assessed by trunk accelerometry after total knee arthroplasty and its association with
patient related outcome measures
BL Fransen, N Mathijssen, K Slot, N De Esch, H Verburg, OPP Temmerman, MJM Hoozemans, JH van Dieën
Clin Biomech. 2019 Oct 18;70:192-196. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2019.10.007
 

Fast-track total knee arthroplasty improves clinical and functional outcome in the first seven days after surgery.
A randomized controlled pilot study with five years follow-up
BL Fransen, MJM Hoozemans, KD Argelo, LCM Keijser, BJ Burger
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2018 Sep;138(9):1305-1316. doi: 10.1007/s00402-018-3001-2
 

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Dutch version of the High Activity Arthroplasty Score
BL Fransen, HJ Kan, J Posthuma de Boer, MJM Hoozemans, BJ Burger
Nederlands Tijdschrijft voor Orthopedie. 2018 Sep: 3.
 

No differences between fixed- and mobile-bearing total knee arthroplasty
BL Fransen, DC van Duijvenbode, MJM Hoozemans, BJ Burger
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jun;25(6):1757-1777. doi: 10.1007/s00167-016-4195-x
 

Predictive Factors for Functional Outcome after Conservative Treatment of Midshaft Clavicular Fractures: A
Retrospective Cohort Study
NP Hockers, RJ Hillen, BL Fransen, JIP Willems, Marco JM Hoozemans, BJ Burger
Clinical Research in Orthopedics. 2017.
 

In Reply: "Does Insert Type Affect Clinical and Functional Outcome in Total Knee Arthroplasty?"
BL Fransen, MJM Hoozemans, LCM Keijser, ME van Lent, CCPM Verheyen, BJ Burger
Journal of Arthroplasty. 2016 Jul;31(7):1615-6. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.12.037
 

Direct Anterior Approach versus Posterolateral Approach in Total Hip Arthroplasty: One Surgeon, Two
Approaches
BL Fransen, MJM Hoozemans, CJ Vos
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica. 2016 Aug;82(2):240-248.
 

Pre-hospital and Acute Management of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in the Netherlands: Survey Results Urge
the Need for Standardization
BL Fransen, AJ Hosman, JJ van Middendorp, M Edwards, PM van Grunsven, H van de Meent
Spinal Cord. 2016 Jan;54(1):34-8. doi: 10.1038/sc.2015.111
 

Does Insert Type Affect Clinical and Functional Outcome in Total Knee Arthroplasty? A Randomised Controlled
Clinical Trial With 5-Year Follow-Up
BL Fransen, MJM Hoozemans, LCM Keijser, ME van Lent, CCPM Verheyen, BJ Burger
Journal of Arthroplasty. 2015 Nov;30(11):1931-7. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.05.018

Operative resection is a viable treatment of macrodactyly of the foot caused by lipofibromatous hamartoma; A
case study with 5 year follow-up

BL Fransen, MGJ Broeders, FJT van Oosterom, NDB Gilhuijs, BJ Burger
Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 2014 Sep;20(3):e47-50. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2014.05.002

Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of spondylodiscitis

BL Fransen, E de Visser, A Lenting, G Rodenburg, AA van Zwet, EH Gisolf
The Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 2014 Apr;72(3):135-138.
 

Ketogenic diet improves forelimb motor function after spinal cord injury in rodents
F Streijger, WT Plunet, JH Lee, J Liu, CK Lam, S Park, BJ Hilton, BL Fransen, KA Matheson, P Assinck, BK Kwon,
W Tetzlaff
PLoS One. 2013 Nov 4;8(11):e78765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078765
 

12-jarige jongen met een elleboogluxatie en uitval van de nervus ulnaris
BL Fransen, JS Luttjeboer, CJM van Loon
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Traumatologie. 2013;6:169.

• Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging
• Dutch Knee Society
• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Orthopaedische Traumatologie

• Orthopaedic Update (2022, Vancouver, Canada)
• Current Concepts in Joint Replacement (2021, Orlando, Verenigde Staten)
• 3rd World Arthroplasty Conference (2021, digitaal)
• Good Clinical Practice (2021, Alkmaar)
• Advanced Traumatic Life Support refresher (2021, Tilburg)
• Emergency Management of Severe Burns (2020, Hilversum)
• Hospital Major Incident Management and Support (2020, Tilburg)
• Definitive Surgical Trauma Care (2020, Graz, Oostenrijk)
• OTC III: Operatieve Fractuurbehandeling (2019, Uden)
• Ligament Balancing van de totale knieprothese, Smith + Nephew (2019, Rotterdam)
• Exeter Course level 2, Stryker (2018, Exeter, Engeland)
• Stralingshygiene voor medisch specialisten (2018, Leiderdorp)
• AIOS cursus knieprothesiologie (2017, Amsterdam)
• AIOS cursus heupprothesiologie (2017, Nijmegen)