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Dr. Otto Von Arx specializes in assessing and treating all spinal conditions, including back pain, degenerative lumbar pathology, spinal stenosis, traumatic and osteoporotic spinal fractures, and cervical spine pathology.
Mr Otto Von Arx is a highly experienced Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon, specialising in assessing and treating all spinal conditions. He is an expert in both operative and non-operative management of back pain, degenerative lumbar pathology, spinal stenosis, traumatic and osteoporotic spinal fractures and cervical spine pathology. He offers a wide range of procedures, including cervical disc replacement, cervical spine surgery, spinal decompression, minimally invasive spinal procedures, spinal fusion and vertebral augmentation for spinal osteoporosis. He has a special interest in paediatric/adolescent back pain and back pain in the elite sports person. Mr Von Arx delivers a fully comprehensive multidisciplinary assessment and treatment of spinal conditions.
Mr Von Arx obtained his MB ChB from the University of Stellenbosch in 1993. He then completed his postgraduate training on the Wessex Training Scheme, training in Trauma, Orthopaedics and Spinal Surgery. In 2006 he achieved a one year AO Spinal Surgical Fellowship in Brisbane, alongside this he also held a research position at Queensland University of Technology.
He is Fellow of the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons and is fully accredited by the General Medical Council (GMC). He also has numerous other professional memberships, such as the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery, Bristol Medico-legal Society, British Medical Association, British Orthopaedic Association, Spine Society of Europe and the North American Spine Society.
MB ChB University of Stellenbosch
Memberships and Organizations:
Member of Eurospine - Spine Society of Europe 2006
Member of the British Association of Spinal Surgeons 2006
Member of the North American Spine Society from January 2012
Faculty of Expert Witnesses
Member of the British Medical Association
Member of the British Orthopaedic Association
Member of AO Spine Europe
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England
Member of the Bristol Medico-Legal Society from October 2012
Member of the Medico - Legal Society from October 2012
Medical Negligence Panel Expert - General Medical Council - September 2013
