Spine (Neck & Back)
Specialist review Le Point’s scored the Fondation Hopale 17/20 for surgery making it one of the best centres in France.
Le Point - Magazine
From the simplest ailments to the most complex, the Fondation Hopale has always set a benchmark for spine treatment in France.
Our most common treatments:
Degenerative pathologies
Spinal deformities
Traumatic spinal pathologies
Trauma related injury (sport, car accident, fall…)
Tumorous pathologies
Aging spine pathologies
Services provided
We provide our patients with a full range of treatments including the following (subject to needs):
Upon arrival you will be given a full assessment at our diagnosis department specialising in spine ailments.
Our doctors use the latest screening technology and the support of a dedicated multidisciplinary team:
- Scanner
- EOS 3D imaging: upright scanner,10 times less radiation than standard X-rays and 100 times less than a scanner.
- Hybrid gamma camera MRI Surgical solutions will be suggested on the basis of these exams.
Recognised for its orthopaedic surgery in specialist press, the Fondation Hopale (Institut Calot) has a high standard of equipment in its operating rooms for the most complex surgical procedures. Since 2018, our O.R. are equipped with the O-Arm, an intraoperative 3D imaging system. Our spinal surgical specialists and neurosurgeons provide top quality surgery to significantly improve the patient’s quality of life on the basis of their future plans.
Minimally-invasive spine surgery techniques improve post-surgery recovery and patients may be able to begin rehabilitation the day after the procedure.
With the widespread use of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol, hospital stays are shorter with a lower risk of infection, post-operative pain is reduced and recovery is improved.
Quality and safety is of the utmost importance to the Fondation Hopale’s procedures. That’s why the Fondation Hopale has been committed to a safety of care policy for several years with a low risk of infection.
Based on the ailment and our experts’ medical advice, you may be offered post-surgery spinal rehabilitation in our centre.
The excellent technical facility operated by a specially trained multidisciplinary team will provide you with a bespoke rehabilitation programme to suit your future plans. Your rehabilitation programme will mainly involve exercises with a physiotherapist and occupational therapist.
Physiotherapy & occupational therapy
- Strength training
- Work on balance
- Posture education
- Massage
- Function facilitation
- Advice
Resources
- Human: Expert rehabilitation physicians, physiotherapists, operational therapists, specialist coaches etc.
- Dedicated technical facilities: Balneotherapy, Physiotherapy room, Gym, Motion laboratory etc.
