Department
Name of department: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Spine Surgery
Head of department: Lennart Viezens
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Lennart Viezens
Head of department: Lennart Viezens
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? no
More information
Number of beds in department: 24
Total surgical cases per year: 900
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: No
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: Yes
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: No
Thoracoscopy: Yes
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
Spine research group, Neurosurgery, Trauma surgery
Certificate of vaccination against covid