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Originally Posted by johnelliot
I am 10 days post cardiac bypass-quintuple. While there are expected issues, will resolve over time, I am experiencing numbness in my left hands - pinky and ring finger, with ocassional discomfort in my left forearm. Does anyone have expience in this are? Should I be expecting long or short term resolution?
Thanks.
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I'm wondering if your ulnar nerve {path} got irritated during the surgery, the arm nerves come out from the c spine, run thru the neck and collar bone & armpit area and travels down the arm to the hand.
anywhere along the route it could have gotten aggravated.
A few have gotten thoracic outlet syndrome {TOS} because of arm positioning during certain surgeries.
TOS useful sticky-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread84.html
At the very least I would request some PT by an advanced phys therapist, they should be able to evaluate and help with these symptoms using gentle non aggressive therapy.