AO Fellowships

Name of department: Unidad de Patología Espinal (UPE)

Head of department: Pedro Bazán

Surgeon in charge of fellows: Pedro Bazán

Head of department: Pedro Bazán

Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes

Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? No

Number of beds in department: 20

Total surgical cases per year: 220

Standard open: Yes

Endoscopy: Yes

Robotics: No

Tuberculosis surgery: Yes

Pain management techniques: Yes

Minimally invasive surgery: Yes

Anterior surgery: Yes

Spinal navigation: No

Intradural surgery: Yes

Thoracoscopy: No

Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Spanish

English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.

Other activities

Diagnostic-therapeutic practices, research, 3D biomodels.

HIGA San Martín de La Plata