Thanks everyone for the advice... so far he has agreed to do some more research before jumping in to do this surgery. The hope of curing the pain is a strong influence, and the lack of concern or I should say lack of wanting to investigate further among docs is scary. Dellon (who I've read is the founder of this surgery) has developed some PSSD device (pressure specified sensory device) to test the nerves, which apparently just mimics the hoffman-tinel test with a fancy output graph.
I would think that with all the "testimonials" of relief and Dellon's claim of this surgery helping 80% of patients, there would be an outpouring of praise and positive stories for it. So where are they?
I once again just want to say thank you to all of you sharing your stories... I don't have neuropathy, and can't imagine the feeling of it but your sharing helps me understand what my friend is going thru and how to help.