Knee Surgery Ward

The Knee Surgery ward is found on the first floor of the Abano Terme General Hospital (elevator 7 and
stairwell F). Active since January 2008, it is organized as an autonomous ward with 24 beds and a dedicated team of surgical specialists in knee disorders.
The activity is divided into:
• Specialist Outpatient Department
• Assistance in the Ward
• Ordinary Inpatient Surgery and
Outpatient Day Surgery. The weekly volume of work in the operating room amounts to about twenty major surgeries (or prosthetic surgeries), and about thirty other less invasive surgeries, for example using endoscopic methods which have a short recovery time and can be done in Day Surgery. To guarantee the best patient experience, the department, which is the pride and joy of the Abano Terme General Hospital, offers the most advanced surgical and anaesthesiological instrumentation now available on the market.

Meniscal injuries, cartilage treatments, limb alignment corrections, ligament reconstructions, osteoarthritis treatments using total or partial prostheses, and prosthesis revisions or replacements, are all done here. For the surgical treatment of arthritic and arthritis pathologies we take full advantage of innovative methods using arthroprosthesis. These are characterized by a modern design implemented with a minimally invasive surgical approach and, in some selected cases, with the aid of computerized navigation.

Particular attention is paid in the revising for prosthetic urgeries involving complex implants built specifically for
each case. After the operation, the patient is cared for in the  ward where he is put on-track for a quick rehabilitation. Upon being discharged, the patient is sent to an appropriate center for the continuation of their treatment. The arthroscopic technique is used beyond just the usual meniscal injuries to perform chondrocyte grafts, and osteocartilage and collagen membrane insertions.

In the outpatient Day Surgery Department, the team has developed extensive experience in re-constructive surgery of the anterior and posterior cruciate ligament and the lateral collateral ligament using autografts (tendons taken from the patient himself ) or allografts (tendons procured from a donor). With this last technique it is possible to solve very complex articular instabilities and/or failures from previous implants. Even correcting the alignment of limbs, which is useful in preventing the progression of arthrosis, is performed with the least invasive surgery possible using very small plates.