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Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?
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@firefighter66 I just wanted to pass on some information that other patients have shared for a surgeon who does a graft of another nerve to replace a phrenic nerve. You are a younger guy and this may be an option to replace some lost function. You would be trading one nerve for another, so something else may be compromised, but I just wanted to let you know this surgeon does this in his practice.
https://www.advancedreconstruction.com/phrenic-nerve-program/nerve-decompression-grafting/
He also practices out of UCLA
https://www.uclahealth.org/plasticsurgery/phrenic-nerve-repair
Had you heard of this type of surgery before?
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Yes I have heard of him, basically just through Google, but I appreciate the info. I’m just currently in a bad spot BECAUSE it’s a work comp situation. I assume the city I work for will not want to send me to see a top doctor or go to the Mayo Clinic, etc. They aren’t in the business of handing out money to potentially fix someone quickly. It usually takes years for the entire case to be settled.
I don’t even know if i AM a candidate for surgery because I have been sent to literally no one. Since October of ‘21 I’ve done two rounds of physical therapy and that is all.