I had what I consider a 'form' of NA surgery this week.

Despite denials from virtually every hand surgeon in my area that local doctors performed NA. "It doesn't work!" "Symptoms reoccur in 2 weeks", etc., I located one receptionist who acknowledged that Dr. x DOES perform NA - mostly for persons of advanced age (90 yrs+).

The surgery itself was restricted only to the palm area. The Dr. was reluctant to treat the finger knuckle and finger join to palm areas without traditional open surgery because of the "mass of nerves in both those areas."

After the initial freezing, the NA procedure itself lasted just 4-6 mins. which included two stitches to close a 1/4" - 3/8" incision. I tried to see if he was using a needle or a scalpel, but couldn't.

Nowhere have I seen any reference to NA treatment requiring any stitches - in fact, one of the benefits is the complete absence of stitches.

Has anyone else had a similar experience in which stitches were used?