Department
Name of department: Spine and Spinal Cord Division in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Head of department: Kota Watanabe
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Kota Watanabe
Head of department: Kota Watanabe
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: 100
Total surgical cases per year: 850
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: No
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: No
Pain management techniques: No
Minimally invasive surgery: Yes
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: No
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Japanese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.