Ankle Nerve Release Questions

Posted by whimsicallyinpain @whimsicallyinpain, Apr 18 6:18pm

Hey! this an update to my first post.
firstly, i would love to thank everyone who helped me out in the first post you guys are truly amazing people 🙂

i went to the first doctor and he read what the other doctor wrote and he seemed upset because he doesn’t want me addicted to opioids and how the doctor didn’t sound like he believed me and just dismissed it. which honestly i did have that feeling when i read what he wrote down. anyways the first doctor said we have to do surgery now considering i can still feel my ankle and he scheduled me as the first patient and surgery he was going to do. reason he did this was because well i am relatively young (18 if you were wondering) and he said i have most likely Tarsal tunnel syndrome and something going on with my common peroneal nerve. today i had my first surgery! very nerve wrecking.

first it was the tarsal tunnel. it said “The tibial nerve was tested immediately with the checkpoint device and it was noted to be at a baseline of 20 mA with 70µs pulses.” and afterwards then it was noted “Upon complete release the checkpoint device was used again and was noted to have a final reading of 0.5 mA with 80µs pulses.” (no idea what this means and if this is good/bad)

the common peroneal nerve was said “The CPN nerve was tested immediately once it arrived with the checkpoint device and it was noted to be at a pseudo baseline of 0.5 mA with 90µs.” afterwards this was written down “Upon complete release the checkpoint device was used again and was noted to have a final reading of 0.5 mA with 30µs pulses.” (no idea what this means and if this is good/bad)

is it possible for someone to explain this to me? honestly they say this is “significant improvement” but i would just want this explained to me if it actually is or isn’t.

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Is this the treatment where they put the leg clothes on your fingers

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@armel174

Is this the treatment where they put the leg clothes on your fingers

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the surgery was called “right tarsal tunnel and common peroneal nerve release” it was on my ankle.

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@whimsicallyinpain
I am not an expert on this for sure but what I read about this seems to be that baseline measurements were taken at the beginning of your procedure using a device to test nerve stimulation and transmission of signals and then it was used to test throughout and at the end which guides the surgeon on how much release is needed and where. This helps to reduce the need for revision surgery in the future.
https://checkpointsurgical.com/resources/use-of-the-checkpoint-guardian-nervestimulator-in-tarsal-tunnel-release-andassociated-neuroplasty-of-the-lowerextremity
It seems like you had a successful procedure and I am so happy for you!

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@dlydailyhope

@whimsicallyinpain
I am not an expert on this for sure but what I read about this seems to be that baseline measurements were taken at the beginning of your procedure using a device to test nerve stimulation and transmission of signals and then it was used to test throughout and at the end which guides the surgeon on how much release is needed and where. This helps to reduce the need for revision surgery in the future.
https://checkpointsurgical.com/resources/use-of-the-checkpoint-guardian-nervestimulator-in-tarsal-tunnel-release-andassociated-neuroplasty-of-the-lowerextremity
It seems like you had a successful procedure and I am so happy for you!

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thank you and thank you for explaining even if you aren’t an expert i still appreciate it 🙂

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