Allen
don't settle for a general surgeon....you need a specialist comfortable with microsurgery. If there is a plastics group that does trauma, lower extremity reconstruction where you are then I would recommend consulting them. Positive outcomes can be achieved with this kind of surgery but they are best with someone who is going to be extra delicate and meticulous. It would be amazing if getting pressure off that nerve made your life easier.
Hoping for the best,
Littlepaw - 3.5 hour nerve repair, CRPS from something else...