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03/04/2005 23:08
Steve Abramsnot registered
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03/04/2005 23:08
Steve Abramsnot registered
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In a week and a half I go before an appeals board for my insurance company to try to have them pay for my NA. One of the things a hand surgeon who is unfamiliar with NA (virtually all of them) will tell a patient who brings up NA is that there is a great increase in the risk of nerve damage with NA compared to surgery. My look at the existing data, of which there is definitely not as much as I would like to see, demonstrates the opposite: that the risk of nerve damage is much higher with open-hand surgery. I am familiar with the low rates of complications in Badois' practice. What I would like to do here is to informally poll the readers of this site who have had NA - have any of you experienced nerve damage, and if so, to what extent?
Steve A.
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03/04/2005 23:53
Anonnot registered
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03/04/2005 23:53
Anonnot registered
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Dear Steve,
At the moment the best person to speak on the issue of nerve damage is Dr. Eaton since he has done so many hands.
Have you thought of contacting him directly with the information that you are making a presentation to your insurance company? He might be able to point you to the right place or provide information of his own. It's a shot in the dark but may prove fruitful.
Good luck
Anon
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03/05/2005 23:00
Graemenot registered
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03/05/2005 23:00
Graemenot registered
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Medical Insurance Approval
Steve
look up www.nice.org.uk search for Dupuytren's
The British Society for Surgery of the Hand has approved the proceedure of Needle Fasciotomy. Perhaps I should say N.I.C.E. has approved the proceedure for the Hand Society. As a result the British Medical Insurance Schemes approve NA. I have had 30 years experience in the Insurance Industry and believe me if the Brits approve of these proceedures then everyone else should take notice. As well NA has been a French invention. You know what I mean!!
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03/05/2005 23:55
George Barbarownot registered
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03/05/2005 23:55
George Barbarownot registered
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No nerve damage reported on this forum
To the best of my knowledge, there are dozens of us posting that have had NA and I have not seen any posts that tell of nerve damage from NA.
I suspect that those that had the drastic surgery might have experienced nerve damage.
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03/05/2005 23:19
phatkatwunnot registered
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03/05/2005 23:19
phatkatwunnot registered
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Nerve Damage
I had nerve damage with the regular hand operation about 5 years ago. I did not get any nerve damage with NA a couple of weeks ago.I felt a nerve being hit one time.
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03/05/2005 23:20
Alicenot registered
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03/05/2005 23:20
Alicenot registered
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Scam
More examples of "scam"?
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03/05/2005 23:44
Don Westennot registered
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03/05/2005 23:44
Don Westennot registered
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Nerve Damage with NA
I had NA done on my little finger by Dr. Eaton 14 months ago. I had no nerve damage
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03/05/2005 23:06
Ken Oppenheimnot registered
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03/05/2005 23:06
Ken Oppenheimnot registered
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NA procedure done last week
Traveled to Florida to correct 50 degree bend of right little finger middle joint. No pain, no numbess, no morbidity whatsoever. Now straight again after 5 years. A little black and blue, but by the third morning, looked completely normal and went back to work being a dentist. Had the procedure done on a Friday so as not to miss work, but could literally have done dentistry the next day.
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03/05/2005 23:44
Randy H.not registered
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03/05/2005 23:44
Randy H.not registered
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PIP
The Pinkie PIP is the most difficult to straighten of *all* the Dups contractions. My surgeon prepared me with that knowledge and the probability of nerve damage as well as a residual 15 degrees bend (We waited until 45 deg., which is the customary practice with Open Surgery). Well, he was *right*. I have a final 15 degrees and have lost about 40% of feeing in the finger two years later.
Ken, are you telling us that you went from a 50 PIP to near Zero degrees?
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03/05/2005 23:01
Don Westinnot registered
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03/05/2005 23:01
Don Westinnot registered
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PIP
Randy,
My pinky was bent at about 47 degrees...a PIP contraction. Dr. Eaton did NA and now (14 months later) it is just as straight as my non DD pinky...flat on the table, that is. No nerve damage at all. I hope and trust your NA will go just as well as mine.
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