Department
Name of department: Orthopedic Surgery
Head of department: Masato Tanaka
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Masato Tanaka
Head of department: Masato Tanaka
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 can get the temporary medical licenses from Japanese government for the spine fellows.
More information
Number of beds in department: 359
Total surgical cases per year: 520
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: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.