Department
Name of department: Traumatologia II
Head of department: Lorenzo Di Mento
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Lorenzo Di Mento
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: 16
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: 500–1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 50–100
Other activities: Besides the Trauma unit, there are 9 more Orthopaedic Units where all elective surgery is done (hand and wrist, foot and ankle, knee, sports trauma, hip, pediatric, regenerative medicine)
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: Italian
English written and spoken by our team members: written (4)* / spoken (4)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.