I went to my Hand/plastic sergeon today for my check up, and had copied all of the information off of Dr. Eaton's sight. I took it with me. He said to me " Oh, are you the person that emailed me?" I said No. So, one of you has done this, off of this sight. He has learned of this, from someone on this sight.
He said to me " This is ( the NA) not a proven or accepted proceedure for DC in this country. " This could cause many problems...re..broken vessels, nerve damage, and on and on." He went on and on, about the adverse reasons for not doing this. He also said, the surgery is very invasive. Go Figure
Anyway, someone on this sight, has the same doctor in Wisconsin that I have, and has emailed him, and he is getting this from other people now too. He is , I will bet, getting ready to investigate this. If any of you are from Wisconsin, and have contacted Dr. Dubeck , in Oshkosh, let me know. One of you, has done that. That is good , cause all of us should be doing this.
I am now very confused, as, as , he expalaned it to me, the risk of damage from the NA is not a thing you want to deal with, but, I think, he and many other surgeons, will take a different note in the next 5 years.
I would like some feedback on my post. I am in a delima of when my time comes, what to do. Thanks to all of you, that suffer the same problem, and, that the problem is not addressed on any medical internet sight . It amazed me.

The hand surgeon that said NA is invasive as opposed to traditional hand surgery sure needs to be enlightened! I would FLEE from his office in an instant had he told me that stuff. I guess he can not read (Or refuses to read) about this proven NA technique that has been around for more than 30 years!

An OldCdog

(Underwent NA procedure on July 1, 2004 with Dr. Eaton and am delighted I DID NOT have the traditional barbaric hand surgery performed that Mayo Clinic twice recommended!)

HI WALT...
Have not seen you on for while....I totally agree with you... My husband looked totally shocked when I walked out of Eaton's office in 20 minutes with my hand in the air.. with about 5 little quarter size bandages on it...smiling..
holding an ice bag....and with my pinkie at 30%...
I was more afraid of the flight there....Am returning in Feb. absolutely have trust in Dr. Eaton...of course I know
Jerry is sitting on my shoulder...quiding me each step of the way....another good man..along with you Walt... you both have done so much for this site... Thank You...
Maybe somehow we can help the others find their way to Florida then they will know what we are talking about..
It is totally unbeleavable....There was a lady in the Dr's office with her husband while I was there on May 21st or 24th....Her husband told my husband she found Eaton on site
and the only reason he was having NA DONE WAS THAT IT WAS GETTING IN THE WAY OF HIS FISHING...IF you are watching..please say Hi... You are a brunette..I remember because I was still therE when your husband came out with his hand in the air... lol.We just looked at each other and smiled....should have said...HI GOOD LUCK EVERYONE... IF YOU DECIDE TO GO... DO NOT BE AFRAID.....IT IS SO EASY....HONEST...AND WORKS...I like a few others will be going back to try to get a few more snips on tissue thatis still too soft....but, am doing great... I can play piano now... I couldn't before.. It was a little hard to play with fingers...and made my hand hurt....hurts now sometimes if I do too much gardening..but what the heck..it's just been since the end of May.
Patty....Tell your good Dr. to TAKE A HIKE.....HE IS TOTALLY WRONG...MY BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES LOOK JUST LIKE THE ONES ON THE WEB SITE OF EATON'S....But, littlpinkie is at 30 was at 80..right hand is now flat on table..not lifted at all...BOY, DO I EVER WRITE ALOT. I WILL TRY NOT O..AM JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THIS..I CAN'T HELP IT

5 months ago I had traditional surgery on my left (non-dominant) hand for a 60% contracture of my little and ring fingers with some involvement of the first and second joints of the little finger. The contracture has been fully released and I have full use of my hand back. The healing and therapy processes were gruelling and I swore that I wouldn't have my right hand repaired.

Today I had Dr. Eaton release the contracture on my right hand and the result was also successful.

The difference in the two procedures was, however, dramatic. Instead of outpatient surgery with general anesthesia, 30+ stitches, over $12,000 in cost, 3 months of aggressive therapy three times per week, 4 months of splinting, and scar management; I came for an office visit that lasted an hour including consultation and procedure, with local anesthesia, no stitches, less than $800 in cost, no therapy, splinting, or scar management.

Both procedures were covered under Medicare. My total out of pocket cost was $72.

The choice for me is very clear. I fully expect that if I live long enough both hands will experience a recurrence of DC. When the time comes I will choose to repeat the NA procedure.

Hi Bill,

I am really glad your NA went so well. As a matter of interest, did you have the pinky you had surgery on done as well, and if so, how did that go? It's just that I had very successful NA on the non-operated pinky, but the operated one was not quite as successful, but I believe that is common. The best thing is to avoid surgery in the first place... if only I'd known!