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MR EDWIN PRASHANTH JESUDASON
North Wales Institute for Surgery of the Hand
SUSTAINABLE SURGEONS WIN SIR MANSEL AYLWARD INNOVATOR AWARD
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Diolch yn fawr iawn pawb! This project was a team effort from Bangor and Wrexham, and thanks to all those who helped make it a success. We hope to build on our success and promote our way of working to our colleagues throughout the country. Moving out of theatre for such cases is cheaper, better for the environment, and easier for patients and staff alike, without compromising safety.
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Mr Edwin Prashanth Jesudason
Pioneering surgeons Preetham Kodumuri and Edwin Prashanth Jesudason have been awarded the prestigious Sir Mansel Aylward Innovator Award by the Bevan Commission for their groundbreaking work in reducing waste and costs while improving patient care in surgery.
The award, presented by Professor Mark Drakeford MS at the Senedd, recognises outstanding innovation and contribution to the Welsh health and care system.
The award winning project refines standard carpal tunnel surgery and other minor hand procedures to significantly reduce waste and carbon emissions. This new approach, taking hand surgery outside of theatres has reduced clinical waste by 65% and cut the carbon footprint by about 80%, saving £35 per surgery – freeing up budget and theatre space for other patient care. If implemented across Wales, this new way of working could result in annual savings of approximately two million pounds and 1166 tons of CO2 emissions. Additionally, this innovation results in a shorter hospital visit for patients and frees up ward space for other medical procedures. This project was supported by the Bevan Commission as part of the Bevan Exemplar programme, which, to date, has supported over 350 health and care innovations in Wales.
HOLYHEAD DRUMMER GETS HIS BEAT BACK
A drummer who feared unbearable elbow pain would force him to give up playing for good is aiming to get back on stage after specialist treatment. After years of working as a session musician in the UK and abroad, Mark Thompson was distraught to think his music career was behind him when his elbow joints deteriorated to the point where he could no longer play. Mark, who lives with his family in Holyhead, was struck with what fellow musicians refer to as ‘drummer’s elbow’ but is more commonly known as ‘tennis elbow’.
It had become so severe that it was disturbing his sleep and on waking in the mornings he even had difficulty picking up his tea cup for a breakfast brew.
He was referred by his GP for an orthopaedic assessment and chose to go privately to Spire consulting rooms at Abergele, a satellite of the Spire Yale Hospital in Wrexham, where he saw Mr Jesudason, himself a talented musician.
Mark, who is also a producer and DJ as well as a drummer, said: “It was so reassuring to speak to someone who clearly understood the depth of my passion for music and took on board my reasons for not wanting to give up the drums.
“He suggested a treatment involving surgery on both elbows, which didn’t surprise me. By this stage I knew in my heart that surgery of some form or another was probably the only answer to reducing the terrible pain. “But I was certainly reassured and impressed with Mr Jesudason’s approach. He was not only concerned with eradicating the pain, but he wanted the best possible outcome for me as a drummer. He was genuinely concerned that I get back to a stage where I was able to play again.”
He is already feeling substantial improvement and is again able to practice the drums at home in his soundproofed attic studio. Mr Jesudason explained how the procedure involved treating the tendon around the outer part of the elbow joint which attaches the wrist extensor muscles to the bone.
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HEALING HANDS IN HARMONY: A NORTH WALES CHARITY CONCERT
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All concerts are livestreamed for free, so anyone can enjoy and support these pianists and their goal to globalise access to modern hand surgery with access to Youtube. Individual performances are also uploaded on the channel, so take a look and listen to the mesmerising melodies while supporting a charity project that could benefit thousands of people all over our world!
The magic continues! After a wonderful evening at St. Mary’s Church in Conwy, the charity concerts continue, the second being held at the beautiful Rydal Penrhos School, Memorial Hall in Colwyn Bay. The concert was open to anyone for a small ticket fee to come and listen to professional pianists preform enchanting, yet complicated pieces, while raising funds for the BSSH LION Hand Unit in Malawi. Along with complimentary refreshments during the intervals.
These concerts are to help raise awareness and funds for global surgical care, providing those who previously had no access to modern hand surgery. These events are championed by the charity Healing Hands in Harmony, which uses music as a platform to raise awareness and funds for a wide range of projects.
