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For Immediate Release
10/8/2008
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Ryan Nawrocki
410-601-5026
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Northwest Hospital Doctor Performs Revolutionary New Hand Surgery
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Stacey Berner, M.D., medical director of the Hand Center at Northwest
Hospital in Randallstown, has become the first surgeon in Maryland to perform a
revolutionary new hand surgery to help alleviate cubital tunnel syndrome.
Cubital tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of the ulnar nerve in
the elbow. The ulnar nerve is one of the main nerves of the forearm and hand.
Most patients with this condition typically experience numbness and tingling in
their fingers, along with weakness of grip. Those most affected by this
condition often include office workers and others who operate machinery with a
bent elbow.
The traditional treatment of this condition often required surgery that would
leave extensive scarring. However, the latest approach can require only a
one-inch incision and take as little as 15 minutes in the operating room. This
is possible because this new technique utilizes an endoscope or operating
telescope to assist the surgeon.
"Typically, the new procedure allows for the decompression of the ulnar nerve
of the elbow with an incision as small as one-inch,” said Dr. Berner. "The new
approach of using an endoscope significantly decreases the amount of time and
scarring associated with a decompression.”
Northwest
Hospital is a member of LifeBridge Health, a
regional health organization, which includes Sinai Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric
Center and Hospital, Jewish Convalescent &
Nursing Home, and related subsidiaries and affiliates.
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