Introduction

Daan is an orthopedic surgeon with experience in all aspects of knee replacement surgery. 

Education and training

2012 - 2019 PhD student, Orthopaedic Surgery Research Unit, Holstebro/ Graduate

school of health, Aarhus University

Thesis: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: patient selection, treatment, and outcome.

Defended on 10.1.2020, Graduate school of health, Aarhus University.

2002 - 2006 Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2004 Bachelor of Medicine.

2006 Authorization as a medical doctor.

1998 - 2004 Biomedical Health Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2004 Candidate in Movement Sciences.

Scientific residency: St. Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen

Scientific residency: University of Miami, USA

Experience

2021 - Representative Central Denmark Region in the steering group for the Danish Knee Arthroplasty Register

2019 - Department physician in orthopedic surgery, Knee sector, Aarhus University Hospital

2017 - 2019 External Clinical Associate Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus

University

2016 - 2019 Department physician in orthopedic surgery, Knee sector, Holstebro Regional Hospital

2013 - 2016 Main education (phase 3) in orthopedic surgery, Holstebro Regional Hospital

2012 - 2013 Main education (phase 2) in orthopedic surgery, Aalborg University Hospital

2011 - 2012 Main training (phase 1) in orthopedic surgery, Holstebro Regional Hospital

2010 - 2011 Introductory doctor in orthopedic surgery, Holstebro Regional Hospital

2009 - 2010 Resident physician joint emergency department, hospital Zevenaar, The Netherlands

2008 - 2009 Resident in Orthopedic Surgery, Catarina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

2007 - 2008 Resident in orthopaedic surgery, Regional Hospital Midden Twente, Hengelo,

Holland

2006 - 2007 Resident physician joint emergency department, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Other information

Publications

- First gastroscopy, then PPI. D. Koppens: Lijn 1, newsletter for family medicine,

Nijmegen, December 2005, pp 20-21.

- Oxford unicondylar knee prosthesis, The first hundred minimally invasive. D.

Koppens, C.J.M. van Loon, W.J. Rijnberg. Ned Tijdschr Orthop Vol. 15, no. 2, July

2008: 59-65.

- Power-Assisted Wheels Ease Energy Costs and Perceptual Responses To

Wheelchair Propulsion in Persons with Shoulder Pain and SCI. Mark Nash, Ph.D.;

Daan Koppens, M.D., M.S.; Mirjam van Haaren, M.D.; Andrew L Sherman, M.D.;

James P Lippiatt; John E Lewis, PhD. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Nov;

89(11):2080-5. DOI 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.05.018.

- Case report: Pyogenic sacroiliitis. D. Koppens, A.T. Besselaar. Ned Tijdschr Orthop

Vol. 15, no. 4, Dec 2008: 152-155.

- Case report: Transient osteoporosis of the hip. D. Koppens, A. Peters. Ned Tijdschr

Orthop Vol. 16, No. 2, June 2009: 78-81.

- Low implant migration of the Sigma medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty.

A prospective 2-year radiostereometric cohort study. Daan Koppens, Maiken

Stilling, Stig Munk, Jesper Dalsgaard, Søren Rytter, Ole Gade Sørensen, Torben Bæk

Hansen. KSSTA Vol 26, June 2018: 1776-1785. DOI 10.1007/s00167-017-4782-5.

- The lateral joint space width can be measured reliably with Telos valgus stress

radiography in medial knee osteoarthritis. Daan Koppens, Ole Gade Sørensen, Stig

Munk, Søren Rytter, Solveig K. A. Larsen, Maiken Stilling, Torben Bæk Hansen.

Skeletal Radiology Vol 48, Jul 2019: 1069-1077. DOI 10.1007/s00256-018-3111-

5.

- Equal tibial component fixation of a mobile-bearing and fixed-bearing medial

unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. A randomized controlled RSA study with 2-

year follow-up. Daan Koppens, Søren Rytter, Stig Munk, Jesper Dalsgaard, Ole

Gade Sørensen, Torben Bæk Hansen, Maiken Stilling. Acta Orthopaedica. 2019

Dec; 90(6):575 - 581. DOI 10.1080/17453674.2019.1639965.

- The effect of bone quality on tibial component migration in medial cemented

unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. A prospective cohort study using dual Xray

absorptiometry and radiostereometric analyis. Daan Koppens, Søren Rytter,

Jesper Dalsgaard, Ole G. Sørensen, Torben B. Hansen, Maiken Stilling. The Journal

of Arthroplasty. 2020 Mar; 35(3): 375-682. DOI 10.1016/j.arth.2019.10.027.

- Patients with knee osteoarthritis can be divided into subgroups based on

tibiofemoral joint kinematics of gait - an exploratory and dynamic

radiostereometric study. Emil T. Pedersen, Søren Rytter, Daan Koppens, Jesper

Dalsgaard, Torben B. Hansen, Nis E. Larsen, Michael S. Andersen, Maiken Stilling.

Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2021 Oct 29; S1063 - 4584(21)00942-0. DOI:

10.1016/j.joca.2021.011.

- Medial congruent polyethylene designs show different tibiofemoral kinematics

and enhanced congruency compared to a standard symmetrical cruciate

retaining design for total knee arthroplasty - an in vivo randomized controlled

study of gait using dynamic radiostereometry. Emil T. Pedersen, Søren Rytter,

Daan Koppens, Jesper Dalsgaard, Torben B. Hansen, Michael S. Andersen, Maiken

Position. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Jul 9. DOI: 10.1007/s00167-

022-07036-w.