# Albert Hoffa

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**Albert Hoffa** (31 March 1859 – 31 December 1907) was a German [surgeon](/source/Surgeon), [orthopedist](/source/Orthopedist) and [physiotherapist](/source/Physiotherapist) born in [Richmond](/source/Richmond,_Northern_Cape), [Cape of Good Hope](/source/Cape_Province).

## Education

He studied medicine at [Marburg University](/source/Marburg_University) and the [University of Freiburg](/source/University_of_Freiburg), earning his doctorate with a thesis on [nephritis](/source/Nephritis) saturnina (lead nephropathy).

## Career

In 1886, he opened a private clinic for orthopedics, physiotherapy and massage in [Würzburg](/source/W%C3%BCrzburg),[1] where in 1895 he became an associate professor at the [university](/source/University_of_W%C3%BCrzburg). In 1902 he succeeded [Julius Wolff](/source/Julius_Wolff_(surgeon)) (1836-1902) at the department of orthopedics in [Berlin](/source/Berlin).[2]

Hoffa is remembered for introducing an operation for congenital [hip dislocations](/source/Hip_dislocation) (1890),[3] as well as for developing a system of [massage therapy](/source/Massage_therapy) (Hoffa system).[4] His name is further associated with an anatomical structure, [Hoffa's fat pad](/source/Hoffa's_fat_pad), and a condition affecting it, known as "[Hoffa's fat pad disease](/source/Infrapatellar_fat_pad_syndrome)", characterized by chronic [knee](/source/Knee) pain primarily beneath the [patella](/source/Patella).[5]

In 1892 he founded the journal *Zeitschrift für orthopädische Chirurgie*.

## Selected writings

- *Lehrbuch der Fracturen und Luxationen für Ärzte und Studierende*, 1888 - Textbook of [fractures](/source/Fracture_(bone)) and [luxations](/source/Luxation) for physicians and students.
- *Lehrbuch der orthopädischen Chirurgie*, 1891 - Textbook of [orthopedic surgery](/source/Orthopedic_surgery).
- *Technik der Massage*, 1893 - Technique of massage.[6]
- *Atlas und Grundriss der Verbandlehre*, 1897 - Atlas and outline of the teaching association.
- *Die orthopädische Literatur*, 1905 - Orthopedic literature.[7]

## See also

- [Hoffa fracture](/source/Hoffa_fracture)
- [Busch-Hoffa fracture](/source/Busch-Hoffa_fracture)

## References

1. [Pagel: Biographical Dictionary outstanding physicians of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna, 1901, 758-760 Sp.](http://www.zeno.org/Pagel-1901/A/Hoffa,+Albert) (biography)

1. ["Deutsche Biographie"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141218084818/http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/xsfz33027.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/xsfz33027.html) on 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

1. An Introduction to the History of Medicine, with Medical Chronology ... by Fielding Hudson Garriso

1. [Beard's Massage:](https://books.google.com/books?id=yKPS2mH1VBEC&pg=PT584) Principles and Practice of Soft Tissue Manipulation by Giovanni DeDomenico

1. Morini, G; Chiodi, E; Centanni, F; Gattazzo, D (1998). "[Hoffa's disease of the adipose pad: magnetic resonance versus surgical findings]". *Radiol Med*. **95** (4): 278–85. [PMID 9676203](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9676203)

1. [Kinesist Sin](https://www.kinedenissen.com/)

1. [WorldCat Identities](http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86-841688) (publications)

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