Department
Name of department: Department for Orthopedics and Traumatology / Section Trauma
Head of department: Paul Prof.PD.Dr.Puchwein
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Paul Puchwein
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: 56
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: >1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: > 150
Other activities: Spine; 150
Tumor, 693
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: German
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
Hepatitis B vaccination or antibody level.