Marianne Arner

Marianne Arner

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Södersjukhuset, Sjukhusbacken 16, 11883 Stockholm
Postal address: S1 Klinisk forskning och utbildning, Södersjukhuset, S1 KI SÖS Forskning Handkirurgi, 118 83 Stockholm
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About me

  • Adjunct Professor of Hand Surgery at the Department of Clinical Science and
    Education, Södersjukhuset, as of 1 October 2021.
    Primary position: Senior Consultant at Södersjukhuset.

Research

  • *Hand deformities*
    Approximately 50 of the 27, 000 children born each year in Stockholm have a
    hand deformity.
    Since hand deformities are so rare there is little knowledge in the area in
    society as a whole but also in the health care. Nearly all children with hand
    deformities in Stockholm and Gotland are transferred to The Hand Surgery
    Section at Södersjukhuset which creates a unique possibility to study this
    rare event in a large population.
    Hand surgery can sometimes effect the growth of the arm negatively and the
    research group are investigating children and adults with radial dysplasia
    with the aim of improving current operation methods. The research is
    performed in collaboration with research groups at Lund University, Uppsala
    University and Texas South Western University.
    The research group also focuses on genetic causes of hand deformities. In 18%
    of the cases there is a relative with a hand deformity and 23% of the cases
    the afflicted also has a associated deformity somewhere else on the body.
    This suggests that there is a genetic component in the development of hand
    deformities. The research group collaborates with Institute for Human
    Genetics, University of California San Francisco and NIHR Biomedical Research
    Centre, Oxford.

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