ALL
ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT WE'RE COVERING YOUR HOUSE TODAY IT'S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN TWELVE MILLION
AMERICANS IT RESULTS IN ABOUT
SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND
SURGERIES EVERY YEAR WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT CARPAL TUNNEL
SYNDROME AND THOSE SURGERIES
THEY CAN TAKE PATIENTS AWAY FROM
THEIR JOBS THEIR SOCIAL LIVES IN
THEIR FAMILY TIME BUT THERE IS
SOME GOOD NEWS IF YOU SUFFER
WITH CARPAL TUNNEL RIGHT HERE IN
THE UPSTATE THERE'S A NEW
MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPTION ASK
BONSU CORE SO JOINING US RIGHT
NOW TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS DOCTOR
NUNEZ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
THIS AFTERNOON THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME AND I TELL US ABOUT
THIS HIGH TECH MINIMALLY
INVASIVE TREATMENT THAT YOU
OFFER WELL YOU KNOW COUPLE JOHN
SURGERY HAS COME A LONG WAYS
FROM. YOU KNOW FORTY YEARS AGO
WHEN WE DEVELOPED ALL THE NEWER
CORN PUT NEWER TECHNIQUES- THE
QUALITY BALDERSON HAS IMPROVED
SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FEW
YEARS SO WRITTEN NOW WE'RE ABLE
TO DO A MINIMALLY INVASIVE
SURGERY WERE YOU JUST INSERT A
THROUGH A TINY POKORNY ARREST
INSERTED DEVICE UNDERNEATH THE
LIGAMENT THE PUTS PRESSURE ON
THE NERVE WE CAN WATCH IT UNDER
LIFE ULTRASOUND AND RELEASE THE
LIGAMENT. SO THERE'S MINIMAL
SCART MINIMAL RECOVERY PATIENTS
CAN DO ALL THEIR **** WITHIN A
WEEK I TELL PATIENTS. YOU GO
HOME TODAY YOU CAN DO YOUR DAILY
LIFE YOU CAN BRUSH YOUR TEETH
COMB YOUR HAIR. YOU CAN LIFT
HEAVY THINGS IF YOU WANT TO IT'S
GOING TO HURT A LITTLE BIT. BUT
YOU CAN GO BACK TO DOING ALL
THAT EVEN EVEN THE SAME DAY OF
SURGERY THAT'S INCREDIBLE HOW
LONG HAS THIS. NEW TECHNOLOGY
BEEN AROUND OR HOW LONG HAVE YOU
OFFERED THIS. THE TECHNOLOGY HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT CONSISTENTLY
FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS AND HAVEN'T
HAD ANY ISSUES OUR PAGES ARE
VERY HAPPY- YOU KNOW. AT LEAST
ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH I SEE
PATIENTS FROM CHAR- CHARLOTTE OR
CHARLESTON BECAUSE THEY COME
HERE WERE THE ONLY ONES OFFERING
IT IN SOUTH CAROLINA. SO THEY
TRAVEL THAT FAR JUST TO GET THE
PROCEDURE- THOSE PATIENTS DON'T
EVEN COME BACK FOR FOLLOW UP I
USUALLY DO A COURTESY CALL A
WEEK OR TWO WEEKS LATER. HEY HOW
YOU DOING AND THEY'RE LIKE OH
I'M GREAT ON ME TO COME BACK AND
THERE'S NO EVEN STITCHES ARE.
USED DURING THE PROCEDURE. WOW
THAT SEEMS LIFE CHANGING YES
PRETTY COOL. I MEAN SO BEFORE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS THE
PROCESS LOT TO. IN THE RECOVERY
A LOT MORE. YEAH I THINK IT OVER
THE PAST FORTY YEARS THERE'S
BEEN NEW ADVANCES IN NEW
ADVANCES IN EVERY DECADE HAS
BEEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER LIVE
BETTER LIVE BETTER I THINK THIS
IS JUST. THE BEST WE HAVE RIGHT
NOW. AND WITH CARPAL TUNNEL I
MEAN WE WERE JUST CHATTING AND-
I AUTOMATICALLY THOUGHT OF IT AS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN IT
REALLY IS I THOUGHT YOU KNOW
WISE MAYBE. JUST THAT. THAT PAIN
LIKE KIND OF LIKE AN ARTHRITIS
BUT YOU WERE TELLING ME IT
REALLY STARTS IN THE RACING CAN
WORK ITS WAY UP EVEN TO LIKE A
PAIN AND A BURNING SENSATION SO.
EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THAT
FEELS LIKE IT WILL CUT THE TOTAL
SYNDROME IS A COMPRESSIVE
NEUROPATHY MEANING IT'S A
PINCHED NERVE IN YOUR WRIST. AND
IS THE NERVE THAT GOES INTO YOUR
FINGERS RIGHT IS WHAT GIVES YOU
SENSATION. AND SO AS THE NERVE
GETS PINGED IT CAUSES PAIN OF
COURSE THAT'S THE CLASSIC
SYMPTOMS BUT IT CAN ALSO CAUSE
NUMBNESS TINGLING- IN THIS THE
SENSATION GOES INTO YOUR
FINGERS. YOU CAN WAKE YOU UP AT
NIGHT. WHEN IT GETS REALLY BAD
MOST PATIENTS CAN'T EVEN SLEEP
AT NIGHT SO I CAN MAKE EVERYDAY
LIFE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE PATIENTS
CAN'T SLEEP. PATIENTS ARE
DROPPING THINGS BECAUSE THEY
CAN'T FEEL THEM. THEY LOSE THEIR
DEXTERITY. AND THE PROBLEM IS
THAT CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME IS
PROGRESSIVE. IT WILL GET WORSE
OVER TIME. SO WHEN IT'S MILD AND
EARLY STAGES WE CAN GIVE YOU
BRACES. GIVE YOU INJECTIONS AND
YOU KNOW THOSE CAN KEEP. CARPAL
TUNNEL SYNDROME AT BAY. BUT AS
IT PROGRESSES THEN YOU KNOW
SEARCHES THE ONLY OPTION. RIGHT
WHEN DOES THAT START TO DEVELOP
I KNOW IT'S PROGRESSIVE SO IT'S
OVER TIME. OR THERE ARE CERTAIN
THINGS YOU NOTICE THAT. THE
SPECIFIC PATIENTS THEY ALL HAVE
IN COMMON IS IT FROM A CERTAIN
JOB THAT THEY HAVE USING THEIR
HANDS. YOU KNOW MAYBE LIKE A
MECHANIC- SOMEONE THAT'S
CONSTANTLY USING THEIR- THEIR
WRISTS AND HANDS. WELL A COUPLE
TOLD SYNDROME IS. IDIOPATHIC
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORDS
IT MEANS. WE DON'T KNOW ACID
RIGHT ALL RIGHT BUT WE DO KNOW
WHAT AGGRAVATES IT YOU KNOW-
REPETITIVE MOTIONS- AND YOUR
COMPUTER WORK OUT ALL THOSE. ALL
THOSE ACTIVITIES AGGRAVATE YOUR
SYMPTOMS. SO THERE'S THIS
MISCONCEPTION THAT. COMPUTER
WORK CAUSES CARPAL TUNNEL.
DOESN'T REALLY BECAUSE IT IT
JUST MAKES IT WORSE. YOUR
SYMPTOMS COME MORE OFTEN. AND SO
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE NOW- IN
TERMS OF WHEN WE START OR WHAT
AGE IT'S REALLY UNPREDICTABLE
BUT IF IT AFFECTS. FEMALES MORE
THAN MALES- USUALLY BETWEEN
THIRTY AND FORTY YOUR OF AGE
THAT'S WHEN IT USUALLY. IN USE
IF STARTS- EARLIER THAN WE LOOK
AT. WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON. BUT
IT'S REALLY VERY UNPREDICTABLE.
SO MAYBE IF YOU START FEELING
LIKE YOU KNOW A SENSE OF I
CAN'T. GRAB THE THINGS AS
TIGHTLY AS I USED TO OR THAT
PAIN YOU'RE TALKING AT NIGHT AND
SLEEPING ARE DRIVING. IS THAT
WHEN YOU SHOULD MAYBE GET IN
TOUCH WITH YOUR OFFICE AT ANY
POINT TO BE HONEST YOU KNOW. WE
CAN WE CAN START WITH NON
INVASIVE MEASURES OF COURSE I
SEE PLENTY OF PATIENTS THAT. GET
THE SYMPTOMS. ARE EVER SO OFTEN.
AND WE TREAT WITH BRACES AND
INJECTIONS IN PATIENTS DO WELL
WITH THAT AND THEN AS IT
PROGRESSES THEN YOU KNOW WE
TAILOR TREATMENTS TO EVERY
PATIENT. EVERY PATIENT'S
DIFFERENT EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT
LOTS OF OPTIONS CELL HAS THIS
LEARNED A LOT THIS AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU DR KING IS FOR BEING
HERE AND YOU CAN FIND MORE
INFORMATION TWO ABOUT. THAT
SPECIFIC TREATMENT IT'S JUST
REALLY INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY WE
HAVE THAT ON YOUR SCREEN THERE.