Dr Alan Walsh visits Clinica San Francesco

On Thursday 11^th May 2023 the Clinica San Francesco hosted Doctor Alan Walsh, orthopaedic surgeon from the Irish Health Service. The Irish guest attended some Mako robot-assisted hip replacements performed by Dr Piergiuseppe Perazzini, director of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Functional Unit, with DAA (Direct Anterior Approach) procedure. Dr Walsh supports this procedure that represents a minimally invasive one in total hip replacement and leads to a reduction of muscle pain and damage, as well as a quicker postoperative rehabilitation.

The Clinic – first in Europe (and outside the USA) to have introduced the robotic surgery for unicompartmental knee replacement and total hip replacement, respectively in 2011 and 2012, and first in Italy for total knee replacement, in 2017, thanks to the staff directed by Dr Piergiuseppe Perazzini, director of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Functional Unit – stood out for innovative approach in patient care and implementation of the latest technologies.

The Clinica San Francesco is also Veneto Region reference centre (since 2019) for the robotic orthopaedic surgery, as well as European Robotic Orthopaedic Centre (CORE – Centro di Ortopedia Robotica Europeo) – since 2013 – with intensive training activities for surgeons from all over the Europe.