Dr. Alessandro Depaoli
MD — Pediatric Orthopedics & Traumatology (limb-length discrepancy)
MD; EPOS
Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute — Bologna, Italy
Background
Alessandro Depaoli, born in 1991, is an orthopaedic and trauma surgeon on the Pediatric Orthopedics and Traumatology team at the IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna, working under department director Dr. Gino Rocca. His work centers on analyzing complex congenital deformities, including those from rare diseases or severe fractures, combining clinical research, surgical-planning support and virtual-environment surgical simulation. He is a listed contact for an active clinical study on infantile lower-limb malformations and deformities based at Rizzoli (registered on ClinicalTrials.gov). He and colleagues received the Orthopaedic Video Theater Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a recognition achieved by only a small number of Italian surgeons.
Peer-reviewed research
- Virtual Surgical Planning and Patient-Specific Instruments for Correcting Lower Limb Deformities in Pediatric Patients: Preliminary Results from the In-Office 3D Printing Point of Care — J Pers Med, 2023
- High-Temperature Polylactic Acid Proves Reliable and Safe for Manufacturing 3D-Printed Patient-Specific Instruments in Pediatric Orthopedics — Polymers, 2024
- The Flipping-Wedge Osteotomy: How 3D Virtual Surgical Planning Suggested a Simple and Promising Type of Osteotomy in Pediatric Post-Traumatic Forearm Deformity — J Pers Med, 2023
Methods practised
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