Hand Surgery that Feels Like Steroid Injection: Prof. Frédéric Schuind, Spirecut

Trigger finger surgery time reduced from 16-20 minutes to 6, recovery time from one month to one week.

Carpal tunnel surgery recovery time - same.

With the use of one tool. And ultrasound.

In this episode we'll dive deeper into:

trigger finger symptoms

carpal tunnel symptoms

minimally invasive surgery

sonography in hand surgery

custom-made wrist braces

running a startup in Switzerland

Prof. Frédéric Schuind is a CEO of a Swiss startup Spirecut. He's also Professor Emeritus of prosthetics, orthopedics, and surgery at the Université libre de Bruxelles and a renowned Swiss-Belgian surgeon.

Read: decades of expertise as a hand surgeon.

Spirecut patented and manufactures minimally invasive surgical instruments for common hand affections. The team won third place in the Swiss Innovation Challenge 2022. Already FDA listed, soon available in Europe.

Here's where you'll find Spirecut:

https://spirecut.com

and Swibrace, prof. Schuind's first startup

https://swibrace.com

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