This surgeon, specialist in the spine, consults in the Jura

Since the 1^is October 2024the Dr Vincent Lamaswho practicesSpine Institute of Dijon, provides consultations at the Lons-le-Saunier hospital every Tuesday as part of a partnership between the two establishments.

These appointments allow a diagnosis to be made, and if the intervention is necessary, to have post-operative follow-up in the Jura which suffers from a lack of practitioners in this field.

Born in Burgundy, Vincent Lamas followed his studies at the Faculty of Medicine of Dijonwhere he chose to turn towards orthopedic and trauma surgerybefore following a three-year specialization course in a reference service in Strasbourg in back surgery. He then joined the Dijon Spine Institute, within a team of three hospital practitioners.

A tailor-made surgery

“Spinal surgery is a tailor-made surgery and very complete. For each patient, the medical part is very important, because the goal is to operate as little as possible. The interventions represent 15% of activity“, continues the practitioner.

Concretely, after having passed all the necessary examinations (radio, scanner, MRI) and with a letter from your attending physician, it is possible to make an appointment for a consultation with Dr. Lamas at Lons-le-Saunier.

“During this appointment, if it is decided to implement medical treatment, we can also organize together the rehabilitationthe cure… If it is necessary to resort to surgery, this appointment allows us to give all the precise explanations and to organize the rest in reducing travel and costs« .

All prior appointments on the same day

Thus, an appointment is fixed the same day at Dijon in day hospital for all consultations: anesthesiologist, nurse(e) you service, physiotherapistsurgeon for the last questions. After the operation, the patient returns to the Jura and benefits from a follow up with a nurse and post-operative check-up appointments without having to return to Dijon.

Since October, Dr. Lamas has been visiting city doctors and medical centers to make this known. innovative partnership.

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