
- In my opinion, professionalism will always prevail. I am confident that some more curiosity, respect of other's opinions, openness and serious “patient in focus”-approach will be necessary to apply updated medical knowledge no matter where it comes from” said Dr. Cristina Rigo-Righi.
- We are decades beyond the times when tetraplegia hand surgery was considered “experimental”. In this context the international meetings have meant a lot to define and refine current concepts of treatments. I encourage all of you to find a system where the expert knowledge is best utilized. As has been emphasized during this congress, optimizing hand control and upper extremity abilities are the cumulative effects of actions by key experts maturely working towards a common goal.
Asked about her perception of future directions in “our” field, Dr Rigo-Righi replied:
Asked about her perception of future directions in “our” field, Dr Rigo-Righi replied:
- My perception is that we must meet the modern demands of patients more thoroughly. In civilized societies, many old boundaries for handicaps have been already crossed and via the internet patients these days just know more about treatments available and caregivers have to respond accordingly. This is also true for tetraplegia hand surgery service that needs to be accessible without delay and incorporated to the larger comprehensive spinal cord injuries units’ routine treatments, said Dr. Cristina Rigo-Righi.
Posted by Jan Fridén