Department
Name of department: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Head of department: Yukihiro Matsuyama
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Yu Yamato
Head of department: Yukihiro Matsuyama
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: 45
Total surgical cases per year: 400
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: No
Robotics: No
Tuberculosis surgery: No
Pain management techniques: Yes
Minimally invasive surgery: No
Anterior surgery: Yes
Spinal navigation: Yes
Intradural surgery: Yes
Thoracoscopy: No
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Japanese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (3)* / spoken (3)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
Thoracic OPLL 10 patients per Y