Department
Name of department: Department of Spine Surgery
Head of department: Zezhang Zhu
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Zhen Liu
Head of department: Zezhang Zhu
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? yes, as operating assistant,no need for special license
More information
Number of beds in department: 182
Total surgical cases per year: 4000
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: Yes
Robotics: Yes
Tuberculosis surgery: Yes
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: Yes
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Chinese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
1. national scoliosis meeting each year in Nanjing;
2. scoliosis training courses