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Alessandro Piperno
Microsurgery is a surgical procedure wich involve utilization of Microsurgical instruments and Microscope and/or loops. It allow to work on microscopic stuctures (diameter less than 1mm) otherwise untreateble. To perform this kind of Surgery is important an adequate training to learn tecniques, improve surgical skills and self-control. Potential applications of this technique are numerous.
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Pathologies as Carpal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome are cause from nerve compression. Surgical decompression can resolve related sympthoms as lack of strenght and alterated sensibility. Neurolisys is a surgical procedure in wich nerve is release from adherences. Is mandatory to develop this technique with care and right intruments (sometimes Micro surgery instruments).
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Biological thumb arthroplasty (Pellegrini-Burton) is a very used technique for Arthrosis affecting the base of the thumb. This procedure obtain significant pain decrease and an important improvement of function and mobility of the thumb, without using prosthesis.
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Some disease of hand, elbow or shoulder can be succesfully treate with infiltration, in order to avoid surgical treatment. Following right indications, infiltration could resolve symptoms due to infiammation. The right dosage of used medication and follow the right technique, is very important to avoid complications.
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Dupuytren’s disease (also called Dupuytren’s contracture) is a thickening and shortening of the fascia, the fibrous tissue underneath the skin of the fingers and the palm.This thickened area may begin as a hard lump that can progress to a thick band which causes involved fingers to curl toward the palm, limiting extension or straightening of...
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Arthritis can affect any joint in the body. This includes the joints of the shoulder and elbow and the joints between the 29 bones of the wrist, hand, and fingers. Osteoarthritis, also known as “wear and tear” arthritis, is a degenerative joint disease in which the smooth cartilage that covers the bone surfaces at the...
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A fracture, also called a broken bone, often results from a high force or impact. A bone may be fractured completely or partially in several ways: crosswise, lengthwise and in multiple pieces. Most fractures are caused by trauma, but some can be the result of an underlying disease that increases the chance of fracture. We...
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Trigger finger or trigger thumb, also called stenosing tenosynovitis, is a condition in which your finger gets temporarily stuck in a bent position, as if squeezing a trigger. It may happen in any finger. Your finger may straighten with a pop, like a trigger being released. People with certain medical conditions, such as Diabetes, are...
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The carpal tunnel is a space inside the wrist that can be seen as a tunnel from the forearm to the hand. Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when there is an increase in pressure in this tunnel which compresses the median nerve. Numbness, tingling, pain and weakness in the thumb and index, middle and ring fingers...
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A fracture, also called a broken bone, often results from a high force or impact. A bone may be fractured completely or partially in several ways: crosswise, lengthwise and in multiple pieces. Most fractures are caused by trauma, but some can be the result of an underlying disease that increases the chance of fracture. We...
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