Medical Journal – CHUC develops treatment for patients with sequelae in their hands

The Hand Unit of the Orthopedic Service of the Hospital and University Center of Coimbra (CHUC) successfully launched an innovative surgical treatment in patients with neurological sequelae in the hands

" The performed surgery picks up an old ambition of having programs and doctors able to perform plexus surgery and peripheral nerve surgery to optimize the sensory and motor skills of the patients who lost them to the following a stroke or trauma, "says director Fernando Fonseca.

According to the note, this recent and innovative therapeutic approach" has allowed patients with total or partial paralysis resulting stroke, infantile paralysis or vertebromedullary trauma to improve their upper limb functionality ".

"The approach of this type of patients is multidisciplinary, including a rehabilitation team, fundamental in the reference and therapeutic follow-up of patients", it is said that this surgery involves a microsurgical operation in the peripheral nerves, tendons or joints. "

According to Fernando Fonseca," new techniques have been used in the treatment of the most serious cases or the functional recovery of deficient gestures, fundamental in specific activities or work. "

" We intend to gradually establish multidisciplinary teams that will treat the problems of these patients in an integrated way, placing them at the center of our practice and giving each problem a more appropriate response ", said the CHUC.