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The Foundation exclusively pursues goals of social
solidarity by promoting the development of human knowledge in the
medical-scientific domain, particularly orthopaedia, and supporting the
prevention and care of all human pathologies through clinical research
and the clinical application of the results obtained.
The Foundation shall develop its research goals in the following sectors:
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Mini-invasive surgical techniques, including the development of new, more conservative prostheses;
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Computer-assisted surgery, both for hip and knee procedures;
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Development of stem cell cultures for bone and tissue regeneration;
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Technologically innovative materials for orthopaedic prostheses (post-marketing study);
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Surgical methods integrated with anaesthesiology and physiotherapeutic
aspects that would allow shorter hospitalisation times, fast functional
recovery and less pain;
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Professional update methodologies for Orthopaedic physicians;
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New diagnostic-therapeutic procedures in cooperation with the Radiology Department;
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Design and update of software to improve services and social-sanitary
interventions for the prevention and care of all human pathologies.
This activity
of clinical research is carried out thanks to the significant
collaboration of the physicians and department of prosthetic surgery of
the Santa Corona Hospital in Pietra Ligure, as well as collaboration
agreements with other entities, institutions, individuals and health
care structures.
The Foundation participates with its
own researchers in national and international congresses; it
coordinates visits by surgeons from all over the world for live update
sessions in prosthetic surgery; participates in 'live' sirgery courses
in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Venezuela, Argentina, Libya,
Iran and India; and, it arranges the publishing of articles in the most
important orthopaedia magazines.
The Foundation possesses an IT system
that allows the surgeons who weekly gather in the special convention
room a direct view of the procedures being performed in the prosthetic
surgery room of the Santa Corona Hospital, as well as digitalised
images of X-ray exams. Furthermore, on occasion of national and
international conventions/congresses, video editing, case studies and
statistical studies are produced, as well as publications, densitometry
touch-ups of X-ray scans, and multimedia presentations.
Scientific Lab
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Tridimensional Reconstruction
Feasibility Analysis
Intraoperatory Navigation
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