Huidige professionele activiteiten

Staflid orthopedie in AZ Groeninge (Kortrijk) sinds 2008
Instructeur minimaal invasieve voetchirurgie, samenwerking met MIFAS by GRECMIP sinds 2008 (Madrid-Barcelona-Bordeaux-Parijs-München)
Instructeur chirugie van enkelligamenten, samenwerking met de International Ankle Instability Group sinds 2012 (Rotterdam-Chicago-Bordeaux-Warchau-Seoul-Tokyo)
Instructeur EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society)
Instructeur A0, OTC

Vorming

Afgestudeerd als arts aan KU Leuven in 2001
Erkenning als orthopedisch chirurg in 2007
Fellowships in Bordeaux Merignac Sports Clinic en Pittsburgh University in 2008

Bijkomende vorming

Master of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven, Belgium (2006-2007)
Master of Arthroscopic Surgery (DIU), University Bordeaux II, France (2007-2008)
Management voor de ziekenhuisprofessional, Vlerick Business School (2012-2014)
Doctoraatsthesis KU Leuven met als titel ‘How to improve the clinical approach to patients with subtalar instability’

Professioneel lidmaatschap

Vice-president MIFAS by GRECMIP (Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Society)
Board member BFAS (Belgian Foot and Ankle Society)
Instructor & Member Research Committee EFAS (European Foot and Ankle Society)
Member ESSKA AFAS Ankle Instability Group
Member BVOT (Belgian Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology)
Member ESSKA (European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy)
International member AOFAS (American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society)
International member SFA (Société Francophone d’Arthroscopie)
Member IORT (Institute for Orthopaedic Research and Training)
Instructor & Member AO Trauma
Instructor & board member Osteosynthesis & Trauma Care Foundation

Awards

Scheerlinck T, Michels F, Vandenbussche P, de Mey J, Deklerck R. CT-scan based analysis of cemented femoral hip implants. State of the art and future perspectives EPOS Poster awarded with “MAGNA CUM LAUDE” European Society for Musculoskeletal Radiology, 9-10 June 2006, Brugge
Wastyn H, Michels F, Van Compernolle K, Clockaerts S, Stockmans F, Vereecke E. How to drill the calcaneal tunnel in calcaneofibular ligament reconstruction? 5th International Congress of Foot & Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery, Marrakech, maart 2019, “PAU GOLANO” AWARD BEST POSTER
Michels F. 5th International Congress of Foot & Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery, Marrakech, maart 2019, “PAU GOLANO” AWARD BEST GRECMIP MEMBER
M. Souza, H Dressler, R Pinto, F Michels, M Dalmau Pastor. Intramedullary nailing for distal fibular fractures: is it safe and efficient? A cadaveric study 6th International Congress of Foot & Ankle Minimally Invasive Surgery, 5-7 October, 2023, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, AWARD BEST FREE PAPER MIS TRAUMA

Book chapters

Michels F, Dalmau-Pastor M, Batista JP, Oliva XM, Spennacchio P, Stockmans F.
Anatomy of the Ankle ligaments.
Book chapter in: Lateral Ankle Instability. An International Approach by the Ankle Instability Group. Springer, 2021
Dalmau-Pastor M, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, PhD, MD, Kennedy JG, Karlsson J, Michels F, Vega J.
Anatomic perspective on the role of inferior extensor retinaculum in lateral ankle ligament reconstruction.
Book chapter in: Lateral Ankle Instability. An International Approach by the Ankle Instability Group. Springer, 2021
Michels F, Matsui K, Stockmans F.
Anatomical reflections when considering tunnel placement for ankle ligament reconstruction.
Book chapter in: Lateral Ankle Instability. An International Approach by the Ankle Instability Group. Springer, 2021
Michels F, Ozeki S, Kong SW, Matricali G.
Assessment of subtalar instability.
Book chapter in: Lateral Ankle Instability. An International Approach by the Ankle Instability Group. Springer, 2021
Michels F, Pereira H, Matricali G.
Consensus and Algorithm in the approach to patients with chronic lateral ankle instability.
Book chapter in: Lateral Ankle Instability. An International Approach by the Ankle Instability Group. Springer, 2021
Guillo S, Michels F, Bauer T.
Chapitre 130
Endoscopie latérale de cheville Arthroscopie Société Française d’arthroscopie, 2015, 1293-98
Michels F, Van Der Bauwhede J, Jambou S. 
Is the Iliotibial Band Syndrome Really a Friction Syndrome? 
Book chapter in: Hypotheses in Clinical Medicine. Nova Science Publishers, September, 2012
Michels F, Guillo S. and Grecmip.
Tailor’s Bunionectomy.
Book chapter in International Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery 2012, 99-106
Guillo S, Michels F, Farlin F
Instabilités des fibulaires.
Book chapter in Arthroscopies et endoscopies de la cheville et du pied. Paris: Sauramps-Médical, 2010
Michels F, Guillo S, Laffenêtre O.
Bunionectomie du cinquième métatarsien.
Chirurgie mini-invasive et percutane du pied. Grecmip. Paris: Sauramps-Médical, 2009

Peer reviewed publications

Michels F, Vereecke E, Matricali G.
Role of the intrinsic subtalar ligaments in subtalar instability and consequences for clinical practice.
Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Mar 10;11:1047134. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1047134. eCollection 2023.

Nunes GA, Martinez LM, Cordier G, Michels F, Vega J, Moreno RS, Dalmau-Pastor M.
The ATFL inferior fascicle, the CFL and the PTFL have a continuous footprint at the medial side of the fibula.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Nov;31(11):5207-5213. doi: 10.1007/s00167-023-07556-z.
Krause F, Herrera M, Walcher M, Mahadevan D, Michels F.
Quo vadis, foot & ankle research? A review.
Foot Ankle Surg. 2023 Oct;29(7):502-505. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2023.08.003. Epub 2023 Aug 19.PMID: 37648639

Michels F, Stockmans F, Pottel H, Matricali G. 
Reconstruction of the cervical ligament in patients with chronic subtalar instability. 
Foot Ankle Surg. 2022 Jun 18:S1268-7731(22)00110-2. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2022.06.006.
Michels F, Taylan O, Stockmans F, Vereecke E, Scheys L, Matricali G.
The different subtalar ligaments show significant differences in their mechanical properties.
Foot Ankle Surg. 2022 
Michels F, Wastyn H, Pottel H, Stockmans F, Vereecke E, Matricali G. 
The presence of persistent symptoms 12 months following a first lateral ankle sprain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
Foot Ankle Surg. 2021 Dec 15:S1268-7731(21)00242-3. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2021.12.002.
Michels F, Malagelada F.
Dressing Techniques in Percutaneous Toe Surgery.
Techniques in Foot & Ankle Surgery: July 07, 2021. doi: 10.1097/BTF.0000000000000331
Michels F, Matricali G, Wastyn H, Vereecke E, Stockmans F. 
A calcaneal tunnel for CFL reconstruction should be directed to the posterior inferior medial edge of the calcaneal tuberosity. 
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Apr;29(4):1325-1331. doi: 10.1007/s00167-020-06134-x.
Michels F, Matricali G, Vereecke E, Dewilde M, Vanrietvelde F, Stockmans F. 
The intrinsic subtalar ligaments have a consistent presence, location and morphology. 
Foot Ankle Surg. 2021 Jan;27(1):101-109. doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2020.03.002.
Wastyn H, Leys M, Michels F, Deleu A, Vereecke E, Matricali G, Clockaerts S.
Avascular Necrosis of the Foot and Ankle in a Patient with Systemic Sclerosis: A Case Based Review. 
Modern Rheumatology Journal. 2021;15(1):94-97. org/10.14412/1996-7012-2021-1-94-97.
Michels F, Demeulenaere B, Cordier G. 
Consensus in percutaneous bunionette correction. 
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res. 2021 Oct;107(6):102642. doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2020.03.029.
Michels F, Guillo S. 
Bunionette: Is There a Minimally Invasive Solution? 
Foot Ankle Clin. 2020 Sep;25(3):425-439. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2020.05.004.
Cordier G, Ovigue J, Dalmau-Pastor M, Michels F. 
Endoscopic anatomic ligament reconstruction is a reliable option to treat chronic lateral ankle instability. 
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 28(1):86-92
Michels F, Matricali G, Guillo S, Vanrietvelde F, Pottel H, Stockmans F. 
An oblique fibular tunnel is recommended when reconstructing the ATFL and CFL. 
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2020 28(1):124-131
Michels F, Clockaerts S, Van Der Bauwhede J, Stockmans F, Matricali G. 
Does subtalar instability really exist? A systematic review. 
Foot Ankle Surg. 2020 Feb;26(2):119-127 doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2019.02.001
Michels F, Pereira H, Calder J, Matricali G, Glazebrook M, Guillo S, Karlsson  J and the ESSKA-AFAS 
Searching for consensus in the approach to patients with chronic lateral ankle instability.
Ask the expert. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2017 Apr 25. doi: 10.1007/s00167-017-4556-0
Michels F, Cordier G, Guillo S, Stockmans F; ESKKA-AFAS
Ankle Instability Group. Endoscopic Ankle Lateral Ligament Graft Anatomic Reconstruction. 
Foot Ankle Clin. 2016 Sep;21(3):665-80
Michels F, Guillo S, Vanrietvelde F, Brugman E; Ankle Instability Group, Stockmans F. 
How to drill the talar tunnel in ATFL reconstruction? 
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Apr;24(4):991-7
Michels F, Cordier G, Burssens A, Vereecke E, Guillo S.
Endoscopic reconstruction of CFL and the ATFL with a gracilis graft: a cadaveric study. 
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Apr;24(4):1007-14
Guillo S, Takao M, Calder J, Karlson J, Michels F, Bauer T; Ankle Instability Group.
Arthroscopic anatomical reconstruction of the lateral ankle ligaments. 
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2016 Apr;24(4):998-1002
Cordier G, Guillo S, Michels F.
Études des complications per- et postopératoires de la ligamentoplastie anatomique de cheville sous arthroscopie
Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, Volume 101, Issue 8, Pages e32-e33
December 2015
Michels F, Guillo S, Cordier S, Stevens S, Burssens A 
Percutaneous Bunionette Correction: A Cadaveric Study.
Clin Res Foot Ankle 2015, 3: 169, doi: 4172/2329-910X.1000169
Michels F, Van Der Bauwhede J, Guillo S, Oosterlinck D, Thomas S, Guillo S.
Minimally Invasive Repair of the Tibialis Anterior Tendon Using a Semitendinosus Autograft.
Foot & Ankle International. 2014 Mar;35(3):264-71
Michels F, Burssens A, Putzeys G, Van Der Bauwhede J, Guillo S.
Endoscopic Guided Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis After Failed Osteosynthesis of Pilon Fractures.
Clin Res Foot Ankle 2:135. doi: 10.4172/2329-910X.1000135 2014
Laffenetre O, Millet-Barbe B, Michels F, Darcel V, Lucas J, Chauveaux D.
Traitement chirurgical percutané de la bunionette : résultat d’une étude rétrospective multicentrique de 49 cas au recul moyen de 29 mois
Monographie AFCP, 2013, 9 : 11p, Sauramps Ed.
Guillo S, Bauer T, Lee JW, Takao M, Kong SW, Stone JW, Mangone PG, Molloy A, Perera A, Pearce CJ, Michels F, Tourné Y, Ghorbani A, Calder J.
Consensus in chronic ankle instability: Aetiology, assessment, surgical indications and place for arthroscopy
Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research (2013) 99S, S411—S419
Michels F, Van Der Bauwhede J, Guillo S, Oosterlinck D, De Lavigne C.
Percutaneous bunionette correction.
J Foot and Ankle Surg. 2013 Mar;19(1):9-14
Michels F, Jambou S, Guillo S, Van Der Bauwhede J. 
Endoscopic treatment of intrasheath peroneal tendon subluxation. 
Case Rep Med. 2013
Michels F, Stockmans F, Guillo S, Van Der Bauwhede J, Oosterlinck D.
Arthroscopic subtalar arthrodesis after a calcaneus fracture covered with a forearm flap, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Vol 2011, Article ID 930902
Jambou S, Michels F, Allard M, Bousquet V, Colombet P, de Lavigne C. 
Paper 22: Arthroscopic Treatment of the Iliotibial Band Syndrome Arthroscopy
The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 28(9):e347. ·
Michels F, Jambou S
The iliotibial band syndrome treated with an arthroscopic technique in 40 patients Science
MED, vol 2, 2.2011, 17-185, Bologna.
Michels F, Guillo S, de Lavigne C.
Arthroscopic Lapidus procedure
Foot Ankle Surg. 2011 Mar;17(1):25-8.
Michels F, Jambou S, Allard M, Bousquet V, Colombet P, de Lavigne C.
Arthroscopic treatment of iliotibial band syndrome
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, 2008
Michels F, Guillo S, King A, Jambou S, C. de Lavigne.
Endoscopic calcaneoplasty combined with Achilles tendon repair
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, 2008
Michels F, Pouliart N, Oosterlinck D.
Locked patellar dislocation: a case report
J Case Reports, 2008
Michels F, Pouliart N, Handelberg F.
Arthroscopic treatment of Mason type II radial head fractures
Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, 2007
Michels F, Colaert J, Gheysen F, Scheerlinck T.
Late Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Rothia mucilaginosa
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, 2007
Scheerlinck T, Michels F, Vandenbussche P, de Mey J, Deklerck R.
CT-scan based analysis of cemented femoral hip implants.
State of the art and future perspectives
Skeletal Radiology. Vol. 35, 2006, p. 443 (abstract EPOS)
Michels F, De Smet L. Osseous
Overgrowth In Congenital Amputations Of The Upper Limb: Report Of 3 Cases Treated With Autologous Stump Plasty
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, N° 5 (Vol. 67/5), 2001
Thienpont E, Michels F, Reynders P, Broos P.
Isolated fracture of the lesser tuberosity of the humerus. A case report
Folia Traumatologica Lovaniensia, 2001