Valencia Quirón hospital launches an innovative technique for the treatment of decompression of ulnar nerve

– this new technical Arthroscopic does not only incision, which enables a nearly immediate recovery of the patient.

Valencia, may 2012.- The unit of orthopedic surgery and Traumatology Hospital Chiron Valencia made a novel surgical technique for the treatment of decompression of ulnar nerve, one of the more common Neuropathies of upper limb.

This innovative technical Arthroscopic tackling so minimally invasive compressive pathology of the ulnar nerve in his journey by the elbow with an incision of just a centimeter and with a minimum involvement of parties soft, which enables a postoperative less annoyingwith minimum pain and mobility of the elbow almost immediately. As explains Dr. Vicente Carratalá, surgeon of the unity of orthopedic surgery and Traumatology Quirón-Valencia, this new technique is a great advance in surgery of this type of pathology compared traditional surgery, whose procedure required the completion of an incision of between 10 and 12 inches and a greater involvement of the parties soft. ”

the ulnar nerve is a long nerve that runs through the inside of the arm and forearm to the hand. The surface position of the same, as well as tension and traction which is subjected to flexion of the elbow, do very susceptible to a compressive neuropathy. His appearance is characterized by a lack of tact in the little finger and occasionally in the ring along with pain located on the inner side of the elbow associated with clumsiness or weakness of your own hand.

One of the peculiarities of this pathology is the difficulty of diagnosis, because as explains Dr. Héctor Rupérez, the unit head of orthopedic surgery and Traumatology Quirón-Valencia, studies electrodiagnósticos used before these symptoms tend to be negativeWhat does the patient go to the specialist of late giving rise to a poor prognosis, as necessary surgery than the conservative treatment almost never solves cases with severe impairment ”.

Chiron is the first hospital in number of aided private patients as well as healthcare area of new construction in Spain, with a total of 212.177 m². All its centers are equipped with the most advanced equipment in diagnosis, treatment and telemedicine and, in total, has 2,850 employees, manages 932 hospital beds, 107 beds, ICU, 108 operating theatres and 597 clinics.

Group Hospital Chiron has agreements with the majority of medical insurers nationwide and in 2011 328.353 er, 94.135 income, 60.192 interventions, 7.271 births and 949.121 consultations are attended in their hospitals.