Location information
Hospital address
Matola Provincial Hospital Av da Namaacha Matola Mozambique 1114 Mozambique
Hospital type
Public
Hospital description
Third-Level Hospital (Referral)
This is a teaching hospital
Description
Trauma and infectious disieses are the main causes of admition to our surgery departmet at the Matola Provintial Hospital. Our team is composed of general surgeons, a plastic surgeon (myself), a maxillofacial surgeon and a urologist, the hospital counts also with orthopedic surgeons.
I care mainly for burn patients, in the acute phase but also caring for complications that affect these patients; but other cases are also cared for in our hospital.
Member information
Name
Pedro Santos
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
Plastic, Reconstructive & Burns Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Burns
Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- English
Professional affiliations / memberships
- Other
Other membership organisations
College of Surgeons od East Central and Southern Africa - COSECSA, Ordem dos Médicos de Moçambique - OrMM
Conditions treated
- Cleft lip and Palate
- Excision of Soft tissue Tumors and Skin neoplasia
- Breast Reconstruction
- Soft tissue Reconstruction (neoplasia and trauma)
- Lower extremity Flap reconstruction and salvage
- Liposuction/Fat grafting
- Acute burn care and skin grafting
- Release of chronic Burn contractures and reconstruction
- Hand reconstruction (soft tissue and bone)
- Congenital hand surgery (syndactaly, polydactaly, cleft hand, duplicated thumb)
Equipment used
- Hall Drill /K wire driver
- Liposuction and fat grafting instruments
- Dermatome and mesher
- Craniofacial Tray (Dingman retractor)
- Headlight
