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Old 11-23-2011, 03:10 PM #1
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Default MP sever the nerve?

I go in a for the surgery where they clip the LCFN or sever it, whatever the medical term is.

The Dr. says of course the leg will be numb, but that may relieve my pain.

I have questions that a Dr. can't answer and I'm hoping someone here has had or knows someone who they can ask who has had this done.

1) Where does the numbness start after the surgery (from where to where)
2) What kind of numbness is it (like a lidocaine numbness) like a deadened numbness.

3) Is there any phantom pain?
4) How was your recovery?

Lastly, the Dr. mentioned that it could be regional complex pain syndrome? and that if this failed there was still another route to take. There is a place in California (cause it's close) and one in Chicago? who do some special surgery for people where the nerve sever doesn't work. Has anyone heard about this procedure. I know it's not failed back surgery, but it was something he said only a few Dr's in the country can even do.

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IMO since I had this for years and years.... that surgery should be a last resort. If the nerve is not doubled back on itself, after being severed, it will grow back and hurt worse than before.

There is a special technique to curve the cut ends back so they will not send out growth factors to reconnect.
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I am not really following what you are saying.

I'm having the surgery, 10 years worth of options and surgeries have come to a grind.

There was no mention from any of my neurologists or surgeons about any regrowth after the procedure nor does any of my research indicate that would be the case. What are you basing this on please.

I'm really looking for others who have had this done before so I can pick their brain on the issues.

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IMO since I had this for years and years.... that surgery should be a last resort. If the nerve is not doubled back on itself, after being severed, it will grow back and hurt worse than before.

There is a special technique to curve the cut ends back so they will not send out growth factors to reconnect.
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