Department
Name of department: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Head of department: Prof. Dr. med. Stephan Sehmisch
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Afif Harb
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
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Number of beds in department: 60
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Daily discusions of all imaging studies, weekly tumor board discussions, intensive care treatment of patients, ride along on our ambulance for the pre-clinical care of patients
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.