2nd Orthopaedic Department

The Second Orthopaedic Clinic of Hygeia Hospital has a highly trained and experienced staff. Doctors of the Orthopaedic team can offer high quality international standard service.

Robotic Orthopaedic Surgery started up in Greece by Dr Dretakis, the Head of the Department. International teaching, training and certification of European Orthopaedic Doctors is a part of the activity of the Department.

Hip, Knee, Shoulder Reconstruction and high-end Arthroscopy are performed by qualified surgeons who have been trained in USA, Canada and the UK.

Hip Fractures, Osteoporotic Fractures, Bone Metabolism and Vitamin D problems are at the epicenter of interest and part of the expertise of the medical team.

Foot and hand surgery according to the principles of minimal invasive surgery are also performed at a very high standard.

The team of anesthetist is extremely skilled, very well trained and social, spending a lot of time with the patients before and after the surgery.

The Doctors of the Second Orthopaedic Department are really enthusiastic and passionate with orthopaedics and believe in multidisciplinary team work, through meetings, careful preoperative plan and postoperative daily assessment.

English, French and Italian are very well spoken from the doctors and the staff of the team. Volunteer service is part of the mission and the vision of the department.