I ask because my cousin just had a surgical procedure done at Duke University and every doctor she talked to said there has never been "this" surgery done!! My cousin had lost all feeling in her arm/hand, with pain in her neck and shoulder area. Had PT, injections etc. Goes to like 5 or 6 doctors who say "NO way, do not have an operation for this ever, just suck it up and live with a limp arm and pain." Even the Mayo Clinic tells her not to do it. So she ends up back at Duke, where they saw out a rib and put it somewhere at the collarbone area??? I am sure I am missing a whole lot of this procedure. This was over a month ago and she is just now starting to feel something in her arm again...

So if someone could please explain this procedure a bit more to me, I would so appreciate it!!