July 6, 2022, Online Lecture: Myofasciotomy - a minimally invasive treatment for shortened muscles.

NBIA disorders are often accompanied by restricted movement, changing muscle tension and involuntary spasms (dystonia), causing the muscles to become increasingly shortened. Under certain conditions, myofasciotomy can provide some relief. Dr. Peter Bernius, Chief Physician of the Center for Pediatric and Neuroorthopedics at the Schön Klinik München Harlaching, has kindly agreed to present this treatment option to us in an online lecture. All NBIA families were invited, as well as their doctors and therapists. Dr. Peter Bernius presented his work to us in a very clear lecture, which we were allowed to record in order to make it available here to other interested parties. Many thanks for this!

Myofasciotomy - a minimally invasive treatment for shortened muscles.

Dr. Bernius specialized in the treatment of children with and without disabilities very early in his orthopedic training at the Oskar-Helene-Heim, Uniklinik Berlin, and further developed this knowledge as a senior physician at the Uniklinik in Freiburg. Since 2001 he has been head of the Center for Pediatric and Neuroorthopedics at the Schön Klinik München Harlaching. In recent years, he has focused on gentle surgical methods and functional treatment of children with disabilities. With his team of doctors, he performs "myofasciotomies" on muscles throughout the body to restore movement to stiff children. Comparable surgery is also known as "Ulzibat surgery" or as "SPLM." Knowing that any pause in movement reduces mobility and strength, he uses minimally invasive surgical methods to try to avoid long periods of immobilization in casts. For him, active movement takes precedence over passive stabilization. This also applies to further treatment. His efforts are aimed at detecting developing problems as early as possible and then treating them prophylactically rather than later reconstructively or palliatively.
Dr. Bernius covers the entire field of pediatric orthopedics in the knowledge that form is determined by function, especially during growth. The best possible, age-appropriate function is therefore the goal.

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