The Cuban Ministry of Public Health, Roberto Morales Ojeda, recognized the effort of the employees of the Hospital Provincial Docente Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola , of Ciego de Avila, which are working diligently to finish the grand opening of a modern orthopedic center “Ortocenter”.  The center will be used for minimally invasive surgeries.

During his visit to the Ortho Center, the director gave praise to the innovators of the center, in that they were able to restore the use of multiple operating tables and other necessary equipment needed to proceed with the project.  He also commended them that this was all done at minimal cost.

The Ortho center which will have it’s grand opening in a few days consists of  three surgery rooms, a recovery room, a pre-anesthesia room, a sterilization room, a nurses station and a waiting room.

Dr. Antonio Raunel Hernandez Rodriguez, chief of Orthopedics and Trauma, commented that this is a state of the art facility with such advanced technology.  This center boasts reduced surgical time, minimal blood loss and other adverse occurrences.

To date, more than 500 patients with disorders of the shoulder and knees have benefited from this new method.  We have introduced new advanced techniques to treat patients with disorders of the ankle and a project exists to treat disorders of the wrist, elbow and hip.

The opening of the Ortho Center will not only broaden the surgical coverage but will also expand the capacity of professionals specializing in orthopedics in this territory and other provinces of the island.

Accompanied by Jorge Luis Tapia Fonseca, first secretary of the Partido in Ciego de Avila, the director also celebrated the effort of organizations working to finish a Center of Pathological Anatomy, Cytology and Legal Medicine.

We are happy to announce that the 8th International Orthopedic and Arthroscopy Conference  will be held May 20-27, 2011 in Cuba, under the direction of Dr. Edward Buess.

If you are interested in attending this conference, please Contact Us now.

Operation Arthroscopy most recently traveled to Cuba from March 26^th to April 4^th for the 7^th Annual International Hip, Knee and Shoulder Symposium. Our group of 22 doctors and 7 nurses from 5 different countries performed 40 surgeries in Havana, Ciego de Avila and Santiago de Cuba. We again brought with us thousands of dollars worth of donated arthroscopic and surgical equipment. Dr. Stetson also had the honor of being awarded Professor Emeritus of the Cuban Orthopaedic Society, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a visiting surgeon, by Dr. Rodrigo Cambras of Havana, Cuba. Dr. Bojan Zoric was appointed a Professor of the Cuban Orthopaedic Society. [Read more...]

A team of 26 doctors and 5 nurses from 4 different countries travelled to Cuba in April 2009 to attended attend the 6th Annual International Arthroscopic Symposium. The team went to 3 differend cities, Havana, Ciego de Avila and Santiago de Cuba, and performed 33 surgeries and donated arthroscopic equipment to their Cuban colleagues. The orthopedic team taught their Cuban colleagues arthroscopic surgeries of the shoulder, knee and hip. It was a very successful trip and there are plans to return in March 2010. If you are interested in attending, please contact us at OperationArthroscopy@gmail.com.