Our department provides both inpatient and outpatient tertiary level orthopaedic care. Some of our world-class facilities include:
Orthopaedic Surgery, Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery and
University Spine Centre
Operating Theatres
All joint replacement and spine cases are performed in operating theatres with laminar flow technology. In addition, joint replacement surgeons wear body exhaust suits while operating and this further minimizes the chance of infection.
In addition, we have acquired the Navsuite Operating Room by Stryker (info from www.stryker.com). This is an integrated computer assisted surgery platform with a ceiling-mounted camera that tracks instrumentation and connects to Stryker's Communications platform for viewing a variety of software application for spinal, joint replacement and trauma use.
Bone Densitometry Laboratory
- One of the pioneers in osteoporosis research in Singapore
- Equipped with one of the latest models using fan beam technology, a Hologic Discovery Wi bone densitometer and two pencil beam densitometers dedicated for research, a Norland XR-46 and a Lunar DPX-L
Motion and Gait Analysis Laboratory
- Equipped with a six-camera vicon analysis system integrated with two Kistler force plates, EMG system and reference digital video
- This comprehensive and sophisticated system allows us to perform objective assessments of human gait and attain other important biomechanical data
Cartilage and Cell Culture Facilities
NUH is the only hospital in this region that has the capabilitiy to harvest, culture and re-implant patient's own cartilage or stem cells for therapeutic purposes like cartilage or bone regeneration
NUH Tissue Bank
- Set up in Oct 1988 as a research tissue bank
- Officially inaugurated in Sept 1995
- It is the National Bone Bank supplying bone and soft tissue allografts to all 9 hospitals in the country
- Organise annual IAEA/NUS Internet Diploma Course (one year distance learning course) that has convocated 150 tissue bank operators (all doctors with 12 technicians) from 25 countries in Asia Pacific Region, Africa, Latin America, Australia, Middle East and Europe
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