Department of GSpine4 @ Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio
The Spinal Surgery Unit, also known as G4Spine, is highly specialized in the treatment of a wide range of spinal pathologies. It is composed of a team of expert surgeons and is widely regarded, on international scale, as one of the best centres for the treatment of complex cases.
The clinical activity is strongly directed to the treatment of the deformity of the spine, with particular regard to the minimally invasive therapy to complex vertebral pathology (mini-invasive anterior arthrodesis with XLIF technique, medullary decompression and microsurgical treatment of thoracic disc herniation by minimally invasive anterior techniques, vertebral stent implantation for osteoporotic fractures, replacement of vertebral bodies for correction of kyphosis deformity in sequelae of severe fractures, micro discectomy for recurrence of lumbar disc herniation.
Our excellence in numbers
150
paediatric cases of scoliosis and kyphosis/Scheuermann's disease
Conditions we take care of at this Department
Top procedures performed
Notable advanced technological equipment
- O-Arm for intraoperative CT-Scan and navigation guidance of implant placement
- 3-d Ziehm C-Arm for intraoperative guidance of spinal implants
- Brainlab navigation technology
- Surgical microscopes
- Full XLIF platform
- Advanced use of percutaneous spinal implants
- 3-d printed patient-specific guides for increased safety in pedicle screw placement
- Intraoperative somatosensorily evoked potentials
- Motor evoked potentials
- Pedicle screw direct EMG stimulation for increased intraoperative safety
- Intraoperative advanced hemodynamic monitoring for safer anaesthesia
- Postoperative intensive care
- Advanced imaging including:
- 3 MRI scans, 2 CT scans, full radiology equipment, interventional radiology, interventional pain therapy and low-radiation, standing 3-d imaging with EOS device for safe evaluation for adults and children
Meet our team
Head physicians
Pedro Berjano
Claudio Lamartina
Featured physicians
The new hospital brings together in a single facility Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, the first hospital for orthopaedic admissions that performs 75% of all revision orthopaedic surgeries in Italy, and Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, example of healthcare excellence for its cardiovascular unit as well as for the diagnosis and treatment of obesity.
The new Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant’Ambrogio (OGSA), accredited by the Italian National Healthcare System (SSN), and given an IRCCS status (Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare) by the Italian Ministry of Health for the study of the locomotor system disorders, it is a center of excellence for clinical and pre-clinical biomedical research, and it is well-known for its teaching activity as a learning site for the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in agreement with the University of Milan.
As former Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, it is known for its achievements in the field of sports medicine and is now home for RE.GA.IN, a regenerative medicine center for the treatment of cartilage and tendon pathologies.
Since 2007, the Institute has become a member of the ISOC (International Society of Orthopaedic Centers), recognized as one of the 19 institutes of excellence in the field of orthopaedics representing 16 countries.
Former Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio adds to the new OGSA its healthcare excellence in treatment of cardiovascular pathologies with over 500 interventions of cardiac surgery and 2,500 interventional cardiology procedures per year thus becoming among the first Italian centers for cardiovascular treatments. The Cardiothoracic Center represents a point of excellence in mini-invasive cardiac surgery and in the percutaneous aortic valve replacement. Additionally, former Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio is in the first place among the Lombardy hospitals for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
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