precise and interdisciplinary causal research together with the patient

no operation if possible and if not, good care should be taken and the intervention should remain minimal (full utilization of all conservative possibilities, traditional naturopathic principles should be taken into consideration such as for example the progression of the bodies meridians as they are used in acupuncture when choosing where to make an incision, maintaining as much of the bodies own tissue as possible)

sustainability of operations, so that a renewed intervention in 10, 20 or 30 years can be prevented, delayed or optimised (see also hip replacement)

individually planned treatment strategies – no „standards“ for all

consenting and informed patients: when the patient accepts that the operation makes sense and makes a conscious decision for the operation the motivation for self-healing is optimal

this also means drawing the patient into taking responsibility: the responsibility of the physician underpins the personal responsibility of the patient, in order to secure the therapeutic outcome

the patient has to remain the focal point, and should not be viewed as the sum of his – possibly „defective“ – individual parts, but as a whole, as an indivisible unit.