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Dr. Vitalijs Pasters

Certified Traumatologist and Orthopedist

Specializes in the surgical treatment of foot and ankle injuries and deformities in adults. I treat injuries, fractures, and ligament and tendon damage, as well as perform arthroscopic foot joint surgeries.

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Specialization

• Specializes in foot and ankle surgery for adults:
• injuries
• fractures
• ligament and tendon injuries
• acquired and congenital deformities
• Arthroscopy of the ankle joint

Education and Professional Experience

1997–2003

Riga Stradiņš University, Faculty of Medicine

Riga, Latvia
Medical Degree
2004–2009

Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital

Riga
Residency in Traumatology and Orthopedics. Certificate in Traumatology and Orthopedics.
2009–2025

Riga East University Hospital, Gaiļezers Inpatient Facility

Riga, Latvia
Traumatologist-Orthopedist, Foot and Ankle Surgery
2009–present

Jūrmala Hospital

Jūrmala, Latvia
Traumatologist-Orthopedist, Foot and Ankle Surgery
2014

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust

United Kingdom
Clinical Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery (Mr. Chandra Pasapula)
2017

Foot and Ankle Institute

Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Devos Bevernage Bernhard
2017

ATOS Clinic

Heidelberg, Germany
Wolfram Wenz, M.D.
2018

Centre Osteo Articulaire des Cedres and Clinique des Cedres

Echirolles, Grenoble, France
Fellowship in Foot and Ankle Surgery (Mr. Yves Tourne, MD, PhD)
2020

Quironsalud University Hospital, Madrid

Madrid, Spain
Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Unit (Dr. Manuel Monteagudo de la Rosa)
2025

Clinique Saint Jean De Dieu

Paris, France
Observership in Percutaneous Surgeries and Ankle Arthroscopies (Dr. Marc Elkaim)

Professional Organizations

Member of the European Foot & Ankle Society

Research Activities and Publications

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Scientific Papers

Chandra Pasapula, Adam Devany, Ahmed Magan, A. Memarzadeh, V. Pasters, S. Shariff. Neutral Heel Lateral Push Test: The First Clinical Examination of Spring Ligament Integrity. *The Foot*, June 2015, Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 69–74.
Konstantin Plotnikov & Vitalijs Pasters. The Use of 3D Model Printing in Planning Distraction Osteogenesis for Brachymetatarsia. Foot and Ankle Surgery, Volume 22, Issue 2, Supplement 1, June 2016, Page 36 (FI2016_OralPoster_10).
K. Plotnikovs, V. Pasters, J. Movčans, L. Solomin. Extremity Shortening and Angulation for Soft Tissue Defect Reconstruction Around the Ankle. EFAS Lyon 2021, Abstract.
K. Plotnikovs, V. Pasters, J. Movčans, L. Solomin. A 52-Year-Old Man with a Gustillo-Andersen IIIB Open Tibial Shaft Fracture with an Extensive Soft-Tissue Defect Requiring Limb Salvage Using an Artificial Deformity-Creating Technique. American Journal of Case Reports, January 2, 2022.
Plotnikovs, K., Kamenska, J., Movčans, J., Pasters, V., Solomin, L., and Plaudis, H. “Artificial Deformity Creation as a Method for Limb Salvage and Soft Tissue Defects: A Report of 26 Cases.” Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction. 2023; 18 (3): 133-139.
Chandra Seker Pasapula, Makhib Rashid Choudkhuri, Eva R. Gil Monzo, Vivk Dhukaram, Sajid Shariff, Vitālijs Pasters, Douglas Richie, Tamas Kobezda, Georgios Solomou, Steven Cutts. Review of Classification Systems for Adult-Onset Flatfoot Deformity/Progressive Collapsing Foot Deformity and the Novel Development of the Triple Classification Delinking Instability/Deformity/Reactivity and Foot Type. Journal of Clinical Medicine, February 6, 2024.

Services

Range of services provided by the specialist.
Plastic Surgery at the Latvian Microsurgery Center

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