Training Centers for Limbs

Centro Médico Teknon

Barcelona, Spain

TRAUMAUNIT
Fellowship Director: Dr. Joaquim Casañas
Short time resident visit
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Resident and scientific fellowship
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Traumaunit is composed by 12 orthopedic surgeons : 4 hand surgeons, 2 elbow and shoulder surgeons, 2 knee surgeons, 2 foot surgeons and 2 arthroplasty surgeons

 

Centro Medico Teknon, the hospital where Traumaunit is localizated in the most recognized private hospital in Barcelona and Spain as well. All complex specialities develops activity as neurosurgery, cardiac surgery , general surgery or paediatric surgery. Obviously Emergency area is operative 7/7 days at week during all the day and all the year. Two senior staff cover assistance in place and trauma surgeon is on call 24/24 hours.

 

Regarding hand surgery, our unit make around 100 surgeries monthly  and 1500 visits in our office . Special and differential surgical procedures include:

  • Peripheral nerve surgery assisted by intraoperative recording
  • Brachial plexus surgery
  • Neuropathic pain surgery
  • Tendon transfer
  • Flaps in hand surgery
  • Wrist arthroscopy
  • Fracture care, non unions and mal-unions
  • And all common procedures in upper extremity surgery.
Outcome patient are attended every day in morning or afternoon time and surgeries are done from Monday to Friday in morning and afternoon program.

  • A team of skilled Physiotherapists supports the Unit in the treatment of the patients.                      
  • All of surgeons are Catalan, Spanish and English speakears and most of them French speakers as well.
  • Traumaunit is referral unit in hand surgeons fellow training program by Universitat de Barcelona.
 
Dr Joaquim Casanas is ASSH member (American society of hand surgery) , council member in SECMA (Spanish hand society surgery), EWAS member ( European Wrist Arthroscopy Society) .
His unit in peripheral nerve and brachial plexus is CSUR program as a referral unit for brachial plexus and peripheral nerve disorders in Spain.

He usually is speaker in more than 15 meetings and journeys in Spain , Director of wrist arthroscopy course more than 5 years. He use to be a speaker in ASSH meeting, AASH meeting ( American Association Surgery of the Hand, FESSH meeting ( Federation European Societies Surgery of the Hand) and IFSSH (International Federation Societies Surgery of the Hand)

 

The standards of Centro Medico Teknon allow to be accredited by Joint Comission Comitte since more 10 years.

 

For further information, write to:
Dr Joaquim Casanas
TRAUMAUNIT Department
Centro Medico Teknon
Despacho 122-166
Vilana 12
Barcelona 08022
Spain

Telef. +34 933933222

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