Name of department: Orthopaedic Surgery Department
Head of department: Nelson Astur
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Nelson Astur Neto
Head of department: Nelson Astur
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? Yes
Is there any additional / special license required to scrub in? The fellow have to be local board certified in order to scrub in.
More information
Number of beds in department: 55
Total surgical cases per year: 494
Used techniques
Standard open: Yes
Endoscopy: Yes
Robotics: Yes
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: Portuguese
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
1. Clinical practice
Outpatient, spine meetings and surgeries.
2. Research
Patients data are sistematically recorded at our database. Fellows are encouraged to develop at least one clinical reseach during their fellowship period. The are epidemiologists, statistician and research advisors availabe at our institution who are able to assist on the research development.
3. Academic
weekly spine meetings
4. Other activities
Local congresses
5. Evaluation
There will be no local evaluation for AOSPINE fellows
