Interdisciplinary Spine Center, H-OCH Health Ostschweiz
Contact Information
Kantonsspital St.Gallen, H-OCH Health Ostschweiz
Interdisciplinary Spine Center, H-OCH Health Ostschweiz
Rorschacher Str. 95
9007 St.Gallen
Switzerland
Name of department: Interdisciplinary Spine Center, H-OCH Health Ostschweiz
Head of department: Martin Nikolaus Stienen
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Martin Nikolaus Stienen
Head of department: Martin Nikolaus Stienen
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? We have to check on an individual case basis, depending on the medical license and whether HR approves (usually only possible if fellow comes from EU/FTA-country).
More information
Number of beds in department: 30
Total surgical cases per year: 1400
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: Yes
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: Yes
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
We have interdisciplinary boards, educational activities with other Swiss spine departments, simulator training for spinal injections, microsurgical discectomy and endoscopic discectomy (virtual reality), as well as a clinical research lab.
Medical license, evidence of vaccinations. If fellows want to scrub in, they have to provide medical license and further documents timely (usually only possible if fellow comes from EU/FTA state)
