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Jovica Ceko

Jovica Čeko, MD

Specialist in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology

He obtained his medical education at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, and completed his specialization in orthopedic surgery and traumatology at the University Clinical Center Banja Luka. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies, while his specialist training and acquisition of competencies have been continuously carried out in prestigious European centers. He has regularly presented his clinical work in articles at professional congresses.

His field of interest includes minimally invasive surgery in shoulder, hip, and knee arthroplasty, arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder and knee, reconstructive surgery in sports orthopedics, as well as minimally invasive techniques in traumatology. As an educator in the field of shoulder, hip, and knee arthroplasty, he has worked in most clinical and hospital centers in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Outpatient practice includes orthopedic-traumatology examinations, postoperative management and follow-up of patients, ultrasound and radiological diagnostics, ultrasound-guided drug applications in the shoulder, hip, and knee, conservative fracture treatment, application of bioregenerative medicine methods in orthopedics, as well as ultrasound examinations of infant hips.

Orthopedic surgical procedures include primary and revision shoulder arthroplasty, including anatomical and reverse techniques, shoulder arthroscopy for Bankart and SLAP lesions, rotator cuff tears and reconstruction of massive rotator cuff ruptures, shoulder stabilization in recurrent dislocations, and the Latarjet procedure. He also performs surgical treatment of extremity compression syndromes, primary and revision hip arthroplasty, minimally invasive hip arthroplasty via direct anterior approach (AMIS, DAA), surgical treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head, primary and revision knee arthroplasty, minimally invasive knee arthroplasty (MIS), unicondylar knee arthroplasty, knee arthroscopy with meniscus repair and resection, treatment of chondral lesions, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using STG, BTB, or quad tendon autografts, anterolateral knee tenodesis, reconstruction and repair of collateral knee ligaments, autologous cartilage transplantation for cartilage defects (mosaicplasty, OATS), MPFL reconstruction for patellar instability, patellar tendon attachment transposition for recurrent patellar dislocation, corrective high tibial osteotomy for varus deformities, corrective femoral osteotomy for valgus deformities, and corrective valgization, varization, and derotational osteotomies of the hip. Additionally, he performs reconstruction and repair of ankle ligaments in trauma and chronic instability, subtalar arthroereisis for flexible planovalgus, and surgical treatment of foot deformities.

Traumatology surgical procedures include operative treatment of extremity fractures with modern implants using minimally invasive techniques, surgical treatment of malunions, open fractures and refractures, as well as revision surgeries for malunions and refractures. He also performs surgical treatment of tendon and ligament ruptures and avulsions.

Education and Professional Training:

  • Specialization: University Clinical Center of Banja Luka (2019)
  • Faculty of Medicine: University of Banja Luka (2012)