Galeazzi Orthopedic Institute

• Since the foundation of the institute, doctors have published more than 1000 scientific articles: these are decades of scientific research in orthopedics.
• Annually the Institute treats a quarter of a million patients, 75% of them visited the hospital after poor-quality treatment in other centers. Therefore, orthopedists of Galeazzi have unique experience in the treatment of complex and rare diseases.
• 5 thousand orthopedic operations a year is a record indicator of the popularity of a narrow-profile center.

The department of spinal surgery uses three-dimensional fluoroscopy — a technique that during complex surgeries on the spine in real time is tracking all the actions of the surgeon in 3D. Also, neurosurgeons use intraoperative neuromonitoring (Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SSEPs), Electromyography, etc.) to visualize the functional state of the spine and brain.

Specialists in the Galeazzi hospital use the EOS system — a modernized digital radiograph, to receive images of the spine without distortion, but with the possibility of three-dimensional reconstruction of images. At the same time, the radiation exposure for the patient is significantly lower in comparison with the classical X-ray examination.

Intraoperative computed tomography and Intraoperative Fluorescence Microscope are used when performing deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease, as well as in a number of other surgeries requiring high precision in the actions.

• 4 departments of spine surgery,
• Pediatric Orthopedics,
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology,
• Neurosurgery,
• Oncological Orthopedic Surgery and Spine Surgery,
• Orthopedics and Traumatology,
• Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery,
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
• Joint Prosthetics,
• Sports Traumatology,
• Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation,
• 2 departments of hand surgery and microsurgery,
• Knee Surgery,
• Shoulder Surgery,
• Hip Surgery,
• Maxillofacial Surgery.

The medical center has four specialized departments for surgery of all types of the pathology of the spinal column. Scientific and practical interests of the clinic are the following:

• Treatment of fractures, degenerative diseases, and spinal deformities in children and adults,
• Minimally invasive spinal surgery,
• Traumatic or degenerative disc pathologies,
• Surgical treatment of benign and malignant tumors of the spine,
• Therapy of infectious diseases of the spine.

The priority area of ​​the clinic is arthroplasty of various complexities. Specialists of the Galeazzi Institute perform prosthetics of the knee (800 surgeries per year), hip (350 surgeries), shoulder, and ankle joints. Doctors are focused on minimizing damage to healthy tissues during surgery, with the most complete preservation of periarticular tissues. This promotes early rehabilitation. For example, surgeons perform arthroplasty of the knee joint under local anesthesia, while maintaining the patient’s motor activity on the same day and discharging from the hospital the next day after surgery.

In the Department of the Hand Surgery, doctors practice prosthetics of the scaphoid bone of the wrist and metacarpal bone for degenerative diseases of the joints and traumatic injuries.

Doctors of the Galeazzi hospital have a unique approach to the choice of treatment tactics. First, they focus on a thorough diagnosis and perform the surgery only if conservative methods of treatment have not shown their effectiveness.

Every year, more than three thousand patients visit the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation on an outpatient basis and 1400 patients undergo full-fledged rehabilitation on a hospital basis.

The main specialties of the center are:

• Rehabilitation after arthroscopic surgeries of the shoulder, knee, and ankle joints,
• Physiotherapy treatment of pain in the neck, lower back, and other parts of the spine,
• Rehabilitation after lower limb osteosynthesis operations,
• Rehabilitation after knee and hip replacement.

Upon admission to the hospital, doctors diagnose the patient’s condition, and develop an individual plan of procedures:

• Manual therapy,
• Shockwave therapy,
• Tecar therapy,
• Ultrasound and electrotherapy,
• Functional therapy and massages.

The Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute is located in the Bruzzano area, Milan. You can get there from the airports:

• Linate — 25 km. from the clinic,
• Malpensa — 48 km. from the clinic,
• Bergamo — 50 km. from the clinic.

From Linate airport, you can take bus #73 to the M3 Missori metro station, your destination is the Affori FN metro station.