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Originally Posted by mspennyloafer
disclaimer, i dont even know if i need this surgery yet. i am still waiting for a block
but does anyone know off the top of their head if there are different approaches to this operation?
what kinds of questions i should ask beforehand?
is it a kind of surgery you would need to travel to get done or could i get it done locally (im in atlanta)?
is it pretty obvious to see if your brachial plexus is scared or stuck somehow while youre cut open? or can only a select few see this?
huge tia
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From the research I've done, this is a very simple operation and there's only really one way to do it. You make a cut under the arm, detach the pec minor from the back, cut about 1 inch away so it can't reattach and voila.
The big problem, is the fact that you'll no longer be able to use your pec minor which carries a lot of disability so I understand. That will be what you want to focus your questions on- what will you lose the ability to do, what will your restrictions be, what can be done to rebuild, what's permanent and what's temporary, what will you need during the healing process?
It is a very simple surgery. Pretty much any surgeon could do it because it is literally just detaching the muscle. It's not like the Thoracic Outlet Decompression surgeries where a lot of scar tissue, corded muscles, fibrous bands etc. are removed and blood clots and the like need to be dealt with. It doesn't take very long under general and it is a day procedure so you'll be right back home.
I'm not sure how much of the brachial plexus they see during this surgery. That would be another good question to ask.
I could be completely wrong here, but that is the information I got from the research I did.