Specialties

Orthopaedics

Available inSan Vito al TagliamentoPortogruaro

The POLISMedica orthopaedic clinic treats diseases, fractures and injuries of the bones and joints (osteoarthritis, meniscus tears, bunions, stiff neck, herniated discs, muscle injuries, tendinopathies, after-effects of surgery, carpal tunnel, joint pain and other conditions).

Our centre benefits from a team of first-class orthopaedic specialists, recognised nationally and continually updating their skills in the field of Orthopaedic Rehabilitation.

Each orthopaedist is specialised and highly trained in treating a specific part of the human body: knee, foot, hip, back, shoulder, elbow, hand.

There is also a forensic medicine service offering consultations, certificates and reports in the event of civil disputes, road traffic accidents and injuries.

Our specialists

Who will look after you

Dr Zeno Biber

orthopaedic surgeon

Sees patients inSan Vito al TagliamentoPortogruaro

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During his years as a senior physician in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, he gained growing knowledge and skill in most of the surgical procedures performed in trauma care.

At the Policlinico Abano Terme he further developed his skills in elective surgery; specifically, he built his expertise in hip surgery, in particular minimally invasive joint replacement and robotic joint replacement, also minimally invasive, as well as in shoulder surgery: arthroscopic, open and joint replacement.

He performs arthroscopic knee surgery (arthroscopy, meniscectomy, meniscal repair, ACL and PCL reconstruction) and open knee surgery (total knee replacement, unicompartmental knee replacement, high tibial osteotomy, distal femoral osteotomy).

Dr Franco Mecchia

orthopaedic surgeon

Sees patients inSan Vito al Tagliamento

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Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Università di Milano in 1978, where he specialised in Orthopaedics and Traumatology.

His orthopaedic career began at the Ospedale di Palmanova (UD) and continued at the Ospedale di San Vito al Tagliamento (PN).

In 1997 he became Head of the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of the Ospedale di Spilimbergo (PN).

In 2006 he became Head of the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of the Ospedale di San Vito al Tagliamento (PN).

He attended the specialist centre in Aalst-Brussels, directed by Prof. Erik De Witte, a world-renowned Belgian orthopaedic surgeon, to learn the new minimally invasive technique for the treatment of hip osteoarthritis.

He has taken part in several international Cadaver Labs (Paris and Vienna) to perfect his surgical technique for shoulder, knee and hip replacement.

He has attended numerous workshops on unicompartmental knee replacement with a minimally invasive approach.

He continuously and regularly updates his skills in shoulder and knee arthroscopy, both in Italy and abroad.

Dr Andrea Tomasi

orthopaedic surgeon

Sees patients inSan Vito al Tagliamento

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Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the Università di Padova, he specialised in Orthopaedics and Traumatology at the Università di Udine with top marks cum laude.

He spent 8 months as an observer in the Orthopaedics and Traumatology department of the Ospedale di Negrar (VR), 12 months in the Traumatology department of the Azienda Ospedaliera di Udine, 2 months in the Paediatric Orthopaedics and Traumatology department of the Ospedale “Burlo” in Trieste and 2 months in the Spinal Unit of the Azienda Ospedaliera di Udine. He was a fellow in the Upper Limb Orthopaedics department of the Clinique Générale d’Annecy (France), directed by Dr Laurent Lafosse.

In December 2003 he joined the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Unit (U.O.C.) of the hospitals of Spilimbergo and San Vito al Tagliamento.

In 2015 he left the public hospital to begin working with the Casa di Cura Rizzola in San Donà di Piave (VE).