Orthopedic Surgery
Advanced therapies ranging from orthopedic care and trauma, sports medicine, the development of prostheses and orthosis techniques, as well as a long tradition of research and teaching privilege this specialty in Cuba.
Cuba boasts development on updated scientific bases and high competence in orthopaedics at international level, including in complex applications such as arthroscopy, external fixtures, sports trauma, research on osteoporosis, hip fractures in the elderly, coxarthrosis in the hip, among others.
As part of its specialisation in the treatment of complex trauma conditions or severe after-effects of trauma due to dislocations or fractures, it has successfully developed a line of work for the care of disorders of high incidence in high-performance athletes, ballet artists, the world of dance and circus art, among others, which makes it a highly sought after medical tourism destination for this specialty.
The services provided by this program are:
- 10 cm bilateral tibia elongation surgery
- Knee arthroplasty (unilateral).
- Short-stay knee arthroplasty (unilateral).
- Correction of angular knee deformity.
- Hallus Valgus correction
- Treatment of meniscus injuries / chondromalacia / synovitis.
- Non-cemented hip arthroplasty.
- Short-stay non-cemented hip arthroplasty.
- Cemented hip arthroplasty.
- Spine surgery programs.
- Lumbar degenerative disc disease S / facet arthritis.
- Treatment of lumbar disc herniation/degenerative disc disease.
- Treatment of lumbar canal stenosis.
- Cervical degenerative disc disease surgery (cervical discectomy plus disc prosthesis or dynamic box).
- Treatment of cervical disc herniation.
- Treatment of lumbar disc herniation.
- Treatment of demyelopathy (laminectomy).
- Treatment of thoracic herniated disc.
- Surgical treatment for scoliosis.
- Correction of severe scoliosis (double approach).