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Orthopedic Department, Kristiansand

Orthopedic doctors investigate and treat diseases, injuries, and malalignments in the body's musculoskeletal system. This includes acute injury and fracture treatment, and planned procedures such as hip and knee prostheses, microsurgery for disc prolapse in the back, and arthroscopic surgery in the knees and shoulders.

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We perform advanced revisions of hip and knee prostheses in addition to inserting joint prostheses. We have a standardized process where we usually discharge our patients after 1-3 days. We also have a complete offering within shoulder surgery. In addition to arthroscopic surgery, we have extensive experience with various types of shoulder prostheses.

We use microsurgical techniques in the treatment of prolapse and narrowed spinal canal. With an open technique, we perform advanced spinal fusions. A neurosurgeon is part of the spine team.

We perform most modern techniques within orthopedic arthroscopic surgery. Operations are performed on the ankle, knee, and shoulder. We also offer stabilization operations in the shoulder and cruciate ligament surgery in the knee.

We have extensive experience with prosthetic surgery and stabilization operations for most joints in patients with rheumatism.

We treat patients with acute orthopedic injuries. This covers everything from simple finger fractures to treatment of severely traffic-injured patients.

Contact

Telephone

  • Monday - Friday 08:00 - 15:00
  • Saturday - Sunday CLOSED

Postal address

Postboks 416 Lundsiden, 4604 Kristiansand

E-mail

postmottak@sshf.no

How to find us

Meeting point

Orthopedic outpatient clinic 1st floor, booth 1.

En by omgitt av trær og en elv

Sørlandet Hospital Kristiansand

Egsveien 100, building 10

Egsveien 100, building 10, 4615 Kristiansand

Getting here

You can get to our locations by public transport. Go to Agder public transport to find your route:akt.no

You may be entitled to have necessary expenses covered when traveling to and from the treatment location.

You should primarily use public transport, and you must pay a deductible. To get reimbursement for expenses incurred during the trip, you must fill out a travel expense form and send it toPatient travel.

The hospital bus is a transport service for patients between the hospital in Arendal and Kristiansand.

In addition, it runs a route round trip Vigeland - Mandal - Kristiansand.

See timetables

 

Practical information

In the hospital pharmacy in Kristiansand, you can hand in prescriptions and buy pharmacy goods.

You will find us on the 1st floor in the main building, near the entrance.
Open every weekday from 08.30-16.30.

Hospital Pharmacy Kristiansand

Does the appointment not suit you? Now you, who receive the letter digitally on helsenorge.no, can directly message the department you are going to if you need a new time for the appointment. You must be a registered user on helsenorge to access the service.
You can also contact the department where you have an appointment or call the main switchboard on telephone: 38 07 30 00
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Visiting hours may vary at the various departments and locations. Please check the department you have an appointment with for more information.

See overview of the hospital's departments

General visiting hours:

Arendal:
17.00-19.00 on weekdays
14.00-16.00 and 18.00-19.00 on weekends and holidays

Flekkefjord:
14.00-15.00 and 18.00-19.00
Delivery Ward: 17.00-19.00 (siesta/no visits: 14.00-16.00)

Kristiansand:
17.00-19.00 on weekdays
14.00-16.00 and 18.00-19.00 on weekends and holidays

Delivery Ward: 16.00–18.00 every day for the newborn's healthy siblings.

Most wards in Kristiansand have a small collection of books that patients and relatives can borrow. Contact your department for more information and assistance.

Many people want to send a floral greeting when visiting a patient at the hospital, but due to allergies and infection risk, several of our departments are flower-free. We appreciate it if you who want to bring a gift to the patient choose something other than flowers.

Some patients also react allergically to perfume or creams with perfume. We ask that this be taken into consideration.

Many patients and relatives want to take pictures/videos or blog from their time at the hospital. Of course, you are welcome to do so, as long as you respect the privacy of others and staff.

Here are a couple of good tips for using social media for you who are a patient or relative:

  • Respect others. You must have consent if you want to take pictures or videos of patients or staff. All patients have the right to privacy when they are at the hospital.
  • Parents/guardians decide whether you can take pictures of children or publish pictures of their children online. Parents should consider what is best for the child. When the child is 12 years old, great weight should be placed on what the child thinks. When the child is 15 years old, they decide for themselves whether it is okay to be photographed and whether they should be published.
  • Remember that staff must also give their permission if you want to publish pictures you have taken of them.
  • You should remove content you have published if the person involved asks you to. If someone has posted pictures of you on the internet without permission, you can ask the person to delete it. If you are not heard, you can contact: www.slettmeg.no.

Sound recordings
It is not illegal to make recordings of conversations you participate in for private use. Publishing and sharing, however, requires the consent of the person you are talking to. Secret recordings of conversations you do not participate in are illegal.

Have you worked in the healthcare sector or received healthcare abroad in the last year?

For example, this could be an admission to a hospital, extensive outpatient treatment, or a visit to the dentist. Then your family doctor must test you for bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics (for example, MRSA).

Ask your family doctor to send you the test results before your appointment with us and bring them with you when you come to the hospital.

​Kiosk
You will find the kiosk on the 1st floor in the main building's vestibule at Eg.

Opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 08.00-20.00
Saturday and Sunday: 09.30-20.00

In the kiosk you can buy newspapers, magazines, fruit, chocolate, biscuits, ice cream, soft drinks, flowers, cards and various gift items.

Cafeteria
"Kilden" cafeteria is located together with the kiosk and has the same opening hours.

The cafeteria serves, among other things, rolls, baguettes, salads, cakes, hamburgers and sausages.

We encourage everyone to use mobile etiquette and to respect their fellow patients. It is important to put your phone on silent at night, and on mute or vibrate during the day. Out of consideration for the other patients, it is advisable to leave the room if you need to have a longer conversation.

Parking spaces at Sørlandet Hospital are subject to a fee from Monday to Friday from 08.00-20.00. All who wish to park on the hospital's premises must follow the signs and instructions on the payment machines.

At the hospitals in Arendal and Kristiansand, it is possible to pay for parking with EasyPark (mobile solution), card or coin at other locations. See signs for both payment options and time limits.

At the hospital in Kristiansand, you can register your parking via the Easypark app, via the machine where you park, or the Flowbird website.

Register payment on website

Overview of parking spaces at Eg in Kristiansand
 

At the hospital in Arendal, cameras read the vehicle's license plate at the in- and exit of the parking garage through the Autopay service. Follow the signs and read the instructions.


Pay in the payment machine

If you have not created a profile onAutopay.io​, you can pay in the machine at the main entrance. Enter the vehicle's license plate. You can pay with card or cash, but the machine does not give change.

Pay automatically

Register as a customer with license plate and bank card at www.autopay.io. When you have registered, you will automatically pay each time you park in the parking garage.

In some periods, e.g. during heavy snow, it can be difficult to find a parking space. We therefore recommend that you allow plenty of time.

For electric cars:

Arendal: Electric cars can park free in areas marked max 1, 2 or 3 hours. On other areas, a fee must be paid from the first hour.
Kristiansand: Electric cars pay a fee from and including the first hour.
Flekkefjord: Electric cars pay a fee from and including the first hour.

Need to charge your car? Not all of our hospital areas have charging stations, and those that do have a limited number. You therefore cannot rely on being able to charge your car while you are in as a patient or visitor. You can see all charging stations here:

All charging stations in one map - Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association​

Blood donors park free at the hospital.Further information is available from the blood bank.


Parents to children (under 18 years) with a hospital stay of more than 14 days,receive free parking during the child's continued stay. This also applies if the child's stay starts at another hospital. Contact the department at the hospital for more information.

Valid HC card gives free parking in designated areas
Contact the Service Desk to register your HC card. HC vehicles are exempt from time limits unless otherwise indicated on the signs.

Parking for delivering mothers Kristiansand
There is free parking for delivering mothers outside the Women's Department at the hospital in Kristiansand. The maximum parking time is set to 2 hours.

If you need an interpreter, you must notify the hospital of this well in advance of the appointment. Expenses for the interpreter are covered by the healthcare service.Helsenorge.no

Patients not fluent in Norwegian are entitled to an interpreter.Helsenorge.no/interpreter