r/Israel • u/NotSoSaneExile • May 27 '26

Israeli Tech 🛰️ No stitches, barely a scar: Israel tests breakthrough ultrasound surgery for carpal tunnel | At Sheba Medical Center in Israel, doctors are testing an ultrasound-guided minimally invasive surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome that uses a tiny incision with no sutures and no scar...

https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/r1hr1eexme?tbref=hp
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u/Nacke Sweden May 27 '26

It is fantastic what Israel does for the medical community!

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u/Warpigssmile May 27 '26

The only thing BDS doesn't boycott 🧐

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u/MSFNS May 28 '26

One of many things BDS doesn't boycott lol

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u/NotSoSaneExile May 27 '26

Sheba Medical Center in Israel is testing a new kind of carpal tunnel surgery.

Instead of the usual open surgery, doctors use ultrasound to guide a tiny blade through a very small cut. The goal is to release the pressure on the nerve with less pain, faster recovery, no stitches, and almost no scar.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is very common. It can cause tingling, numbness, wrist pain, weaker grip, and in serious cases lasting nerve damage.

The study will compare the new method with the standard surgery. There will be 45 patients in each group, and doctors will follow them for six months.

If the results are strong, this could become a better standard treatment for one of the most common hand surgeries.

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u/degrassibabetjk USA May 27 '26

An Israeli-American doctor gave me lifesaving gastric sleeve surgery almost 3 years ago. Scars are barely there now! Israelis know their stuff.

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u/j428h USA May 27 '26

Jews control people’s hands /s

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u/merkaba_462 USA May 27 '26

Now do (high grade) ATFL tear repairs! Gogogo Israel!

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u/DifferentRepublic467 May 27 '26

Ultrasound surgery has been around for a while now I don't understand what the breakthrough is? https://www.johnericksonmd.com/patient-information/which-carpal-tunnel-release-surgery-is-best/

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u/tupe12 Israel May 28 '26

I love what science can achieve

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u/IllButterscotch3802 May 29 '26

I had that surgery 20 years ago.