Entrapment of radial sensory nerve branch in wrist??
Question: I had to get surgery to remove a ganglion cyst, but during the removal the othropedic doctor found out that the radial sensory nerve branch in my wrist was entrapped as well. this surgery was in aug of 2007 and it is now feb 2008. my orthopedic doctor told me it would take six month for feeling to back in half of my hand. which was the part that radial nerve affected. I recently went to a neurologist to get a emg test done. and he said it was 75-90% of the radial sensory nerve that was damaged and that it should of only take a month for my hand to start getting better. i went back to my orthopedic for a follow up and he stated that 75-90% is only partial I dont see as that as partial. I think he is wrong. Any advice or would my othropedic doctor be right? I cant feel anything in parts of my hand. such as sensation and that part is always numb.
Answers: The cyst was pressing or obstructing the nerves, therefore you will have to give it time to heal. As long as the nerve was not 'damaged' as in 'cut' then the nerve will start to fire again. To my knowledge their is no 'rule' as to how long this will take. However as the Orth removed the cyst he will know the size of the cyst, while the Neuro, is just going on what he reads in the EMG.
The disc prolapsed in my spine and cut off sensory nerves to the outer right leg and half my foot. I was in a wheelchair for three months. Likewise I was booked into see a Neuro, 12 months waiting list. No problem. However I managed to climb out of the wheelchair, started walking again. Three weeks before the Neuro, the disc moved again and down I went! This time I passed out with the pain. When I came too, no loss of legs and I was Happy. I still kept the Neuro appointment and by all accounts passed the EMG. However they allowed for 'inflammation' due to underlying Rheumatoid Arthritis. I did not mind was happy, because what I had lost when the disc prolapsed, I regained when it moved again. However, I am 'dreading' the disc moving now, because I wonder what I will loose this time around.
Answers: The cyst was pressing or obstructing the nerves, therefore you will have to give it time to heal. As long as the nerve was not 'damaged' as in 'cut' then the nerve will start to fire again. To my knowledge their is no 'rule' as to how long this will take. However as the Orth removed the cyst he will know the size of the cyst, while the Neuro, is just going on what he reads in the EMG.
The disc prolapsed in my spine and cut off sensory nerves to the outer right leg and half my foot. I was in a wheelchair for three months. Likewise I was booked into see a Neuro, 12 months waiting list. No problem. However I managed to climb out of the wheelchair, started walking again. Three weeks before the Neuro, the disc moved again and down I went! This time I passed out with the pain. When I came too, no loss of legs and I was Happy. I still kept the Neuro appointment and by all accounts passed the EMG. However they allowed for 'inflammation' due to underlying Rheumatoid Arthritis. I did not mind was happy, because what I had lost when the disc prolapsed, I regained when it moved again. However, I am 'dreading' the disc moving now, because I wonder what I will loose this time around.
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