The operation was performed on a patient with Lacertus syndrome, a pinched nerve in the upper third of the forearm, which is accompanied by hand weakness.
“With Lacertus syndrome, a person cannot hold objects with his hand, he drops them,” said Nikita Knyazev, a hand surgeon at the department of traumatology and orthopedics number 1 of the Clinic of Samara State Medical University, who performed the operation. The complexity of this diagnosis is that no instrumental research method can detect it, the diagnosis can only be made by a doctor who knows how to detect this disease. It mainly affects patients of working age who, due to illness, cannot carry out not only domestic activities, but also work tasks.
The patient underwent dissection of the aponeurosis under local anesthesia by puncture under ultrasound control. According to Alexander Pankratov, head of the department of traumatology and orthopedics at clinic No. 1, this development can significantly reduce the time of the operation.
“This scalpel can be used for various ultrasound operations on the hands and feet as well as for open surgical interventions,” the doctor noted. Test it in our own clinics and then market the product. We are now processing the copyright of the product.”
