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Neuropathy | Last Active: Jan 6, 2019 | Replies (14)

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@johnbishop

Hi @stulerner, I have no medical training or background but I'm sure your question has to be more specific. PN has a lot of different causes and I would guess surgery may be a solution if...and it's a big one, the nerve damage is caused by an injury that has caused the nerves to be compressed or damaged and if surgery is an option to relieve the pressure on the nerve. If your neuropathy is idiopathic like mine meaning they don't know what causes it, I don't believe there is a surgery option to fix it.

I'm hoping others will join your discussion if they have any information on surgery for PN. I did find this article related to decompression of nerves:

NIH -- Surgical treatment of peripheral neuropathy: outcomes from 100 consecutive decompressions.
-- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16166462

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john: thanks very much. Yes, mine is idiopathic. If it's idiopathic I guess they do not know where it's coming from, so they don't know where to operate.