A dedicated team and fast-track access
However, it is equally important to rely on a fully dedicated team.
Today, my team performs around 150 ankle prosthesis procedures each year, following specific treatment and rehabilitation protocols that involve physiotherapists and rehab specialists with unique qualities.
Our rehabilitation team leaders stand out for three distinctive characteristics:
- They have personal experience with ankle arthritis;
- They have undergone ankle prosthesis surgery themselves;
- They were operated on and treated by my team.
This is what we consider an added value for achieving optimal outcomes.
It is a key element of our Fast-Track protocol, because successful surgery begins with informed patients before entering the operating room and concludes only when rehabilitation is complete.
How to book an appointment?
You can book your visit via email by filling out the dedicated form.
The form serves as a tool for me to review the necessary clinical details in preparation for our meeting. You will be asked to attach the following:
- General information about your primary care physician;
- A report from your previous orthopedic consultation;
- Imaging reports required for the evaluation (weight-bearing X-rays of both feet and ankles, and a CT scan of the ankle and hindfoot on the affected side). If any of these tests have not yet been performed, our concierge will assist in organizing them.
You’ll also be able to indicate your preferred appointment times (month and day of the week), so our concierge can do their best to accommodate your schedule.
Finally, you will have the option to provide general information to help us plan additional services, such as:
- Airport transfers;
- Hotel and restaurant reservations;
- Tour and museum bookings for accompanying guests;
- Showroom visits to leading Italian fashion and design brands.
Surgery and recovery process
Surgery can be scheduled at either the Columbus Clinic Center or Humanitas San Pio X, both located in Milan.
Admission to the clinic takes place the day before the procedure.
The surgery itself is performed the following morning.
Ankle replacement surgery typically lasts less than 90 minutes.
According to the guidelines of our Fast-Track protocol, patients are usually assisted to stand and begin walking—with weight-bearing on the operated limb—on the same afternoon as the procedure.
During your hospital stay, you will also have the opportunity to meet with one of our rehabilitation team leaders.
This is a particularly valuable moment, as our team leader is a former patient who has undergone the same surgery and now lives with an ankle prosthesis—just like you.
He is the ideal professional to guide and motivate you in the early stages of walking again, offering both clinical expertise and a uniquely personal perspective.