Chi sono

Chirurgo ortopedico specializzato nel trattamento artroscopico e protesico
delle patologie della spalla e del ginocchio

Nato a Siena, mi sono laureato, con lode, in Medicina e Chirurgia presso l’Università di Siena. Successivamente ho conseguito la specializzazione in Ortopedia e Traumatologia presso l’Università di Palermo con il massimo dei voti e la lode.

Ho conseguito il Dottorato di Ricerca (PhD) in Oncologia e Chirurgie Sperimentali presso l’Università degli Studi di Palermo, studiando e sviluppando materiali e dispositivi impiantabili.

Nel mio percorso ho approfondito, fin dai primi anni di specializzazione, le patologie della spalla e del ginocchio, trascorrendo molti mesi all’estero. Come Research/Observer Fellow, ho frequentato il King Edward VII’s Hospital (London, UK) e l’ Imperial College (St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital – London, UK) con il Prof. P. Reilly, la Fortius Clinic (London, UK) con il Dr. A. Williams ed il Beth Israel Lahey Health (Winchester Hospital e Excel Orthopedic Clinic – Boston, Massachusetts, USA) con il Dr. P. Vezeridis.

Faccio parte dell’equipe di “Chirurgia della Spalla e delle altre articolazioni”, diretta dal Dr. E. Gervasi, presso il P.O. Casa di Cura Giovanni XIII di Monastier di Treviso. Da qualche anno collaboro anche con strutture convenzionate e private nell’area della Toscana Sud-Est (Siena, Grosseto, Arezzo).

Work Experience

01/2022 - Oggi

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

Orthopedics Department
Shoulder and Other Joints Surgery Unit – Dr. E. Gervasi
Presidio Ospedaliero Giovanni XIII – Monastier (TV)

09/2024 - Oggi

ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON

Orthopedics Department
Casa di Cura Rugani Hospital – Monteriggioni, Siena (SI)

07/2021 - 09/2021

FELLOWSHIP/OBSERVERSHIP

Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Sport Medicine
Shoulder Surgery and Orthopedic Sport Medicine – Dr. P. Vezeridis
Excel Orthopedic Clinic, Beth Israel Lahey Health Winchester Hospital, Northridge Surgical (NH) – Boston, USA

06/2019

FELLOWSHIP/OBSERVERSHIP

Orthopedic and Sport Surgery
Fortius Clinic
Knee Surgery – Dr. A. Williams
Fortius Clinic – London, UK

03/2019 - 05/2019

FELLOWSHIP/OBSERVERSHIP

Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery
Imperial College London Shoulder and Elbow Surgery – Prof. P. Reilly and Dr. D. Griffiths
King Edward VII’s Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital – London, UK

Curriculum Vitae

Giulio Edoardo Vigni
E-mail: dr.giulioedoardovigni@gmail.com
Website: www.giulioedoardovigni.it
Date of birth: 03/12/1990 | Nationality: Italian

Orthopedic Surgeon


Orthopedics Department – Shoulder and Other Joints Surgery Unit – Dr. E. Gervasi
Presidio Ospedaliero Giovanni XIII – Monastier di Treviso


Orthopedics Department 
Casa di Cura Rugani Hospital – Monteriggioni, Siena 

 

Fellowship/Observership
Orthopedic Surgery and Orthopedic Sport Medicine 
Shoulder Surgery and Orthopedic Sport Medicine – Dr. P. Vezeridis
From July 2021 to September 2021

Excel Orthopedic Clinic, Beth Israel Lahey Health Winchester Hospital, Northridge Surgical (NH) – Boston, USA

Fellowship/Observership
Orthopedic and Sport Surgery – Fortius Clinic
Knee Surgery – Dr. A. Williams
June 2019 (01-15/06/19)
Fortius Clinic – London, UK

Fellowship/Observership
Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery
Imperial College London Shoulder and Elbow Surgery – Prof. P. Reilly and Dr. D. Griffiths
From March 2019 to May 2019
King Edward VII’s Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital – London, UK

Residency
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – Prof. M. D’Arienzo, Prof. L. Camarda
From November 2016 to November 2021
Università degli Studi di Palermo – Policlinico Universitario P. Giaccone
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Dir. A. Motisi
Department of Orthopaedics Surgery – Elective Prosthetic Surgery – Dir. A. Leonarda
From March 2018 to October 2019
Fatebenefratelli Group – Buccheri La Ferla Hospital Palermo
Department of Orthopaedics Surgery – Shoulder Surgery – Dir. E. Gervasi
Department of Orthopaedics Elective Surgery – R. Corezzola
From November 2019 to February 2020
From September 2020 up to February 2021
Giovanni XIII Hospital – Monastier di Treviso (TV)

PhD Student/Dottorato
Project: “Polybutylene succinate scaffold for bone tissue: in vivo rabbit study”
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – Prof. L. Camarda, Prof.ssa O. Di Fede
From November 2021 up to November 2024
University of Palermo – Policlinico Universitario P. Giaccone
Cooperating with: Ce.Me.Ri.T Centro Mediterraneo di Ricerca e Training IZS della Sicilia – Palermo
Presidio Ospedaliero Giovanni XII – Monastier di Treviso

Orthopedic Surgery Degree
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
University of Palermo – Prof. M. D’Arienzo, Prof. L. Camarda
“Arthroscopically assisted latissimus dorsi tendon transfer associated with the implant of a subacromial spacer”
Year 2021
Vote: 60/60 cum laude

Medical Doctor Degree
University of Siena
Thesis at the department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Prof. P. Ferrata
“Prosthetic Surgery in Orthopaedics: Management of infectious complications”
Year 2015
Vote: 110/110 cum laude

Other Professional Skills:
General Emergency Medical Service in Year 2016.
BLSD Course (Basic Life Support – Defibrillation) Year 2015.
Training experience during Medical School 2009-2015

High School
Istituto Liceo Scientifico Statale “G. Galilei” – Siena
Year 2009
Vote: 90/100

Certificate in Integrated Skills in English ISEE II (B2)
Trinity College London
Siena 2007

“Arthroscopic shoulder instability surgery in patients under 25 years of age: the key role of soft tissue with both anterior and posterior axillary hammock tensioning.”
J Orthop Surg Res. 2025 Feb 20;20(1):184. doi: 10.1186/s13018-025-05546-0.
 
“Improved Bone Regeneration Using Biodegradable Polybutylene Succinate Artificial Scaffold with BMP-2 Protein in a Rabbit Model”
Materials (Basel). 2025 May 12;18(10):2234. doi: 10.3390/ma18102234.
 
“Easy and safe long head of the biceps tenodesis with all-suture anchor: 2-year follow-up”
Minerva Orthop 2025;76:149-55. DOI: 10.23736/S2784-8469.25.04516-X
 
“Peripheral Nerve Regeneration at 1 Year: Biodegradable Polybutylene Succinate Artificial Scaf- fold vs. Conventional Epineurial Sutures”

Polymers 2023, 15, 3398. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15163398

“Pulsed Radiofrequency as a Standalone Treatment for Adhesive Capsulitis” Surgeries 2023, 4, 335-341. Doi: 10.3390/surgeries4030034

“Improved Bone Regeneration Using Biodegradable Polybutylene Succinate Artificial Scaffold in a Rabbit Model.”
J. Funct. Biomater. 2023, 14, 22. Doi: 10.3390/jfb14010022

“Association of Arthroscopically-Assisted Latissimus Dorsi Tendon Transfer with Implantation of a Subacromial Balloon Spacer for Patients with Irreparable Posterosuperior Rotator Cuff Tears” Muscles, Ligaments and Tendons Journal, Nr 2022;12 (4):497-510, doi:10.32098/mltj.04.2022.05

“Adhesive capsulitis in a patient affected by KBG Syndrome”
Acta Biomed, vol. 92, no. S1, p. e2021126, Nov. 2021. Doi: 10.23750/abm.v92iS1.10789

“Polybutylene succinate artificial scaffold for peripheral nerve regeneration”
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. June 2021. doi: 10.1002/jbm.b.34896

“Mortality risk assessment at the admission in patients with proximal femur fractures: electrolytes and renal function”
Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation. January 2021. doi:10.1177/2151459321991503

“A rare case of peri-implant distal radius fracture”
Trauma Case Rep. 2020 Dec 9;31:100387. doi: 10.1016/j.tcr.2020.100387. eCollection 2021 Feb.

“Nonunion and malunion in proximal humerus fractures”
Official Journal O.T.O.D.I – LoScalpello – Vol. 34: Special Issue on Trauma Meeting – Issue 1 – March 2020

“Prophylaxis of surgical site infections in patients over 65 with femoral neck fracture using silver sulfadiazine 1% cream: our preliminary experience” – “Profilassi delle infezioni del sito chirurgico

in pazienti over 65 con frattura di collo femore con utilizzo della sulfadiazina argentica 1% crema: la nostra esperienza preliminare”
Journal of Clinical Medicine and Therapy Anno XXIV Volume 22 Numero 1/202

Books:
Fractures of the scapula – Timeo, 2021

Translation and edit of the English version
Author:
Chapter 9: “Surgical approaches to the scapula”
Chapter 10: “Surgical treatment of the scapular fractures”
Chapter 11: “Surgical treatment of the floating shoulder”
Chapter 12: “Surgical treatment of the scapular fractures in sport practice” Chapter 14: “Arthroscopic treatment of glenoid fractures”

Minimally invasive hip arthroplasty – Surgical approaches and procedures – Timeo, 2023

Translation and edit of the English version
Author:
Chapter 1: “General considerations on minimally invasive surgery: The stress response to surgery” Chapter 4: “The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in hip anterior surgical approaches: anatomical considerations”
Chapter 8: “Minimally invasive anterior approach in hip prosthetic surgery using the AMIS Mobile Leg Positioner”
Chapter 10: “Robotic assistance in minimally invasive hip prosthetic surgery”
Chapter 16: “Hip replacement using the minimally invasive anterior technique. Our experience” Author of the Italian version in the same chapters.

Conferences attended as Invited Speaker & Main Author:

14° International EGAA Congress – Cairo (Egypt) 21-23/04/2023 
“Use of LHB in massive or irreparable rotator cuff tear”
“Circumferential arthroscopic capsular release for frozen shoulder”
 
11° International EGAA Congress – Cairo (Egypt) 08-10/08/2023
“Arthroscopic reduction and internal fixation in the trauma lesion of the shoulder”
 
115° Congresso SOTIMI – Palermo 09-10/06/2023
“Concetti di risparmio osseo nella chirurgia protesica di spalla”
 
Dolore e riabilitazione – Percorsi Integrati di Cura nella Patologia Osteoarticolare – Venezia 06/05/2023
“Il dolore nella patologia di spalla – Diagnosi e trattamento”
 
SIOT – Italian Society of Othopaedic, Roma 10-12/11/2022
“Arthroscopically assisted latissimus dorsi transfer associated with the implant of a sub-acromial spacer in irreparable postero- superior cuff tear”
 
“Ortopedia e Trauma SIAGASCOT” 16/06/2022 – Trauma Arthroscopy School
ARIF “Clavicola distale e articolazione acromion-clavicolare”
ARIF “Humeral Tuberosity Fracture”
 

1° Congresso Nazionale SIAGASCOT, Roma 10-12/03/2022
“Arthroscopically assisted latissimus dorsi tendon transfer associated with the implant of a sub-acromial spacer”

11° Webinar SIAGASCOT, 03/06/2020
“Capsulo-labral repair in anterior shoulder instability”
“I fantastici 60 minuti… riparazione capsulo-labrale nell’instabilità anteriore di spalla”

SIOT – Italian Society of Othopaedic, Bari 9-12/11/2018
“Fast-Track nelle fratture di collo femore nei pazienti over 65”

110° Riunione SOTIMI, Policlinico Universitario “A. Gemelli” Roma, 26-27/05/2017
“Both bones forearm fractures in adults, a Retrospective Study” 

Oral Presentations as Main Author, Other Presentation and Posters in CV

Scholarships:
“Tendon transfer in irreparable cuff tears: lower trapezius and latissimus dorsi. Comparison between LT and LD transfers in postero-superior cuff deficiency”
104° SIOT, Roma 7-10 /11/2019

Cadaver-Labs:
“III Athens Shoulder Course”
Athens (Greece) 07-09/02/ 2019
“Mirai – Modular Shoulder System Course”
Verona, 25-26/09/2020
Anatomical studies and development of implantable devices
N°4 Shoulder Cadaver-Labs at Verona ICLO

Courses:
“ASI & Stryker Shoulder Arthroscopy Course” – Alps Surgery Institute, Annecy 24-25/03/2022 and 2026 Event
“II Rome Shoulder Course: revision and difficult cases” – Rome, 21/02/2020
“Mirai – Modular Shoulder System Course”- Verona, 25-26/09/2020
“III Athens Shoulder Course” – Athens (Greece) 07-09/02/ 2019
“National Qualifications of LIGA – Italian Association of Young Arthroscopists” – “Qualificazioni nazionali LIGA- Lega italiana giovani artroscopisti” – SIA, Bari 26-27/10/2018
“New horizons in mini invasive vertebral surgery” – “Nuovi orizzonti in chirurgia vertebrale miniinvasiva” – Palermo, 20/10/2018
“Footballer’s knee: personal experiences about the management of an injured professional athlete” -“Il ginocchio del calciatore: esperienze personali in merito alla gestione dell’atleta professionista infortunato” – Palermo, 26/05/2018
“2° Theoretical and Practical Course of mini invasive vertebral surgery” – “2° Corso teorico pratico di chirurgia vertebrale minimamente invasiva” – Palermo, 18-19/05/2017
“Watch&Try Lower Limb” – “Watch&Try Arto Inferiore” – SIGASCOT, Verona 15-17/03/2018
“Theoretical and Practical Course of articular injections” – “Corso teorico pratico di infiltrazioni articolari” – Palermo, Feb 2018
“Watch&Try Upper Limb” – “Watch&Try Arto Superiore” – SIGASCOT, Roma 9-11/11/17
“Health’s European Funds: from programs to projects” – “I fondi europei per la salute: dai programmi ai progetti” – Palermo, 26-27/06/2017
“Theoretical and Practical Course of mini invasive vertebral surgery” – “Corso teorico pratico di chirurgia vertebrale minimamente invasiva” – Palermo, 23-24/06/2017
“66° Course of Surgery of the Foot” – “66° Corso di propedeutica alla chirurgia del piede” – Santa Vittoria d’Alba, 7-12/05/2017
“Health and safety at Work” – “Salute e sicurezza nei luoghi di lavoro” – CEFPAS Caltanissetta, 08/03/2017

Memberships:
SIOT since 2018
SIAGASCOT since 2019 (SIGASCOT e SIA since 2018)
Educational Committee of SIAGASCOT in 2021
SOTIMI since 2016

Language Skills:
Native Language: Italian
Other Languages:
English – Certified Level B2
The English Language Centre York – Language Course Certificate UpperLevel – York 2008
Trinity College London – Certificate in Integrated Skills in English ISEE II (B2) – Siena 2007
The English Language Centre York – Language Course Certificate – York 2007
EF Language Course Certificate – Edinburgh 2005
EF Language Course Certificate – Bognor Regis 2004
Spanish – Elementary Level

Other Skills:
Experienced traveller and wildlife photographer.
Fifteen years’ experience as water-polo player and coach in both amateur and professional teams.
Surf and other sports played in an amateur way.
European Computer Driving License – 2009
PADI Junior Certificate.
Sailing School.