HAND DISORDERS: A FREE SCREENING BY MULTIMEDICA DOCTORS IN COLLABORATION WITH BRERA ACADEMY
For the second consecutive year, doctors and therapists from the Hand Surgery Unit at Group Multimedica in Milan provided a complimentary screening for prevalent hand ailments. The screening took place during the ninth nationwide day dedicated to hand disorders at the Napoleonic Hall of the Brera Academy, which is one of Milan’s significant art landmarks.
For the second consecutive year, doctors and therapists from the Hand Surgery Unit at Group Multimedica in Milan provided a complimentary screening for prevalent hand ailments. The screening took place during the ninth nationwide day dedicated to hand disorders at the Napoleonic Hall of the Brera Academy, which is one of Milan’s significant art landmarks.
For the past 30 years, the Hand Surgery Unit at Multimedica Group has been concentrating on diseases affecting the upper limb caused by wear and tear or injury, as well as congenital deformities. Multimedica is renowned nationwide for performing more than 8,000 treatments each year. Additionally, the Department runs a department devoted to hand conditions and paediatrics, which handles around 1,900 kids annually and performs 350 microsurgery procedures, making it the biggest of its kind in Europe.
The Humanitas Group’s Hand Surgery Unit is also an expert in paediatric and neonatal surgery. Just a few hours after birth, it successfully operated on a newborn girl with a deformity of the left hand, with such precision that she was able to regain the use of her hand.
“Our experience shows that it’s still important to raise awareness about the importance of maintaining healthy hands,– says Prof Giorgio Pajardi, Director of the Unit and Professor at the University of Milan. – Carpal tunnel syndrome, trigger fingers, and trapezio-metacarpal arthritis are some of the prevalent upper limb disorders. Early identification and treatment are crucial to prevent permanent harm“.
References: Multimedica News, Multimedica fact sheet
The MultiMedica Group has been operating for over 30 years in the Italian healthcare sector. It is the 4th largest private multi-specialist healthcare group operating in Lombardy. Its hospital and outpatient facilities together offer 812 beds, 32 cots, 60 dialysis posts, 305 outpatient clinics, 21 operating theatres, 1 Emergency Department and 1 DEA (Department of Emergency/Emergency and Acceptance).
The San Giuseppe Hospital, part of the Multimedica Group, is also the University Teaching Pole of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Milan.
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Prof Giorgio Pajardi has been Director of the Operative Unit of Hand Surgery of the MultiMedica Group since 1996. Since 2002 he is also Associate Professor at the University of Milan Sector MED/19 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Giorgio Pajardi, has been Director of the Operative Unit of Hand Surgery of the MultiMedica Group since 1996. Since 2002 he has also been Associate Professor at the University of Milan, Sector MED/19 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
He is author of 215 publications in National and International Journals and has participated in 364 Courses and Congresses with relevant abstracts.
Carpal tunnel syndrome surgery. Close-up of a surgeon operating on a patient’s wrist to treat carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). CTS is a painful condition caused by the compression of the median nerve in the wrist. Severe cases are treated surgically by cutting the carpal ligament in the wrist, thus relieving the pressure on the nerve.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common hand disorder among the general population. It causes tingling at night, altered fingertip sensitivity, and painful twinges. Nowadays the procedure is endoscopic, with a small incision of 5 mm on the wrist and a rapid post-operative recovery.
MultiMedica holds the highest global record with over 160,000 successful surgical operations during the past 27 years. Trigger finger is also a common condition precipitated by inflamed flexor tendons, leading to their impeded motion within pulleys. Trapezio-metacarpal arthritis, on the other hand, produces ache while grasping, resulting from joint wear down at the thumb base. Note that both conditions can be remedied by wearing customized braces instead of surgery.
Pain may not be the first symptom, but decreased dexterity or grip strength are common indicators when these pathologies begin. It is advisable to investigate the root of these issues by consulting an experienced hand surgeon for a medical examination. We should reject the notion that hand disorders such as arthrosis are age-related degenerative ailments.
Hand surgery treats conditions affecting the hand, wrist and arm. It involves the treatment of bone, joint, ligament, tendon, pathology, blood vessel, and peripheral nerve conditions. The treatment can be either surgical or non-surgical depending on the cause and may require suitable physiotherapy or specific braces and splints. Technical term abbreviations, used in this field, will be clarified when initially introduced.
The surgical and outpatient activity is partitioned across 24 operating rooms, resulting in approximately 7,000 procedures of which around 500 are for pediatric cases and roughly 400 are microsurgical. Additionally, 102 surgical clinics and 180 physiotherapy clinics are available each week, amounting to almost 110,000 services in total.
These are the services that the institution provides:
- Microsurgery
- Traumatology
- Pediatric hand surgery (congenital malformation of the upper and lower limbs and trauma)
- Neuro orthopaedics
- Hand rehabilitation (adult and pediatric)
- Neuro-psychomotortherapy
