Department of Maxillofacial Surgery @ Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio
The Unit is widely recognised for its expertise in the treatment and surgery of maxillofacial pathologies in both, adult, and paediatric patients.
Clinical activity focuses on facial skeleton surgery for severe dental malocclusion or Sleep Apnoea and major oral rehabilitation with zygomatic implants.
The prevailing clinical interests are pre-prosthetic reconstructive surgery in cases of severe maxillary atrophy and surgical treatment of craniofacial dysmorphias.
All cases of complex dental inclusion and odontogenic pathology and not of the maxillary bones requiring hospitalization are also treated.
In the field of oncological surgery, interventions are performed on the salivary glands, on the thyroid, and cervical neoformations.
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Conditions we take care of at this Department
Notable advanced technological equipment
- Dedicated Software for preoperative study and modulation
- CT Scan
- 3D Skeleton Modulation for preoperative study
Meet our team
Head physician
Alessandro Baj
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The new hospital brings together in a single facility Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, the first hospital for orthopaedic admissions that performs 75% of all revision orthopaedic surgeries in Italy, and Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio, example of healthcare excellence for its cardiovascular unit as well as for the diagnosis and treatment of obesity.
The new Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant’Ambrogio (OGSA), accredited by the Italian National Healthcare System (SSN), and given an IRCCS status (Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare) by the Italian Ministry of Health for the study of the locomotor system disorders, it is a center of excellence for clinical and pre-clinical biomedical research, and it is well-known for its teaching activity as a learning site for the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in agreement with the University of Milan.
As former Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, it is known for its achievements in the field of sports medicine and is now home for RE.GA.IN, a regenerative medicine center for the treatment of cartilage and tendon pathologies.
Since 2007, the Institute has become a member of the ISOC (International Society of Orthopaedic Centers), recognized as one of the 19 institutes of excellence in the field of orthopaedics representing 16 countries.
Former Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio adds to the new OGSA its healthcare excellence in treatment of cardiovascular pathologies with over 500 interventions of cardiac surgery and 2,500 interventional cardiology procedures per year thus becoming among the first Italian centers for cardiovascular treatments. The Cardiothoracic Center represents a point of excellence in mini-invasive cardiac surgery and in the percutaneous aortic valve replacement. Additionally, former Istituto Clinico Sant'Ambrogio is in the first place among the Lombardy hospitals for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.
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