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I had a double by pass surgery the day before Thanksgiving.
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I had a double by pass surgery the day before Thanksgiving. Everything went very well but when I woke up my left hand was not working. At first the nurse kept saying it was because I had an IV and my had was on a IV board but I just knew something was wrong. I called it to the Dr.''s attention and they called in Physical Therapy. They said my radial nerve was not working right. I have drop hand, I am unable to lift my wrist, reach out and grasp, (although if I get something in my reach between my fingers I can grip it), I cannot fully rotate my arm from hand down to hand up, I have decreased sensation or numness and tingling and that hand and arm is weaker than the other. I have seen a nerologist who said it should come back but that it would take a lot of time improve, which left me very apprehensive. I guess my question is what caused this and what kind of prognosis am I looking forward to.

 

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E-stem and manual PT.

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December 31 12:57 PM (2 minutes and 6 seconds later)
         
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Did you have the radial artery removed from that arm for the bypass?

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December 31 1:07 PM (10 minutes and 29 seconds later)
         
Reply to SurgeonUK's Post: No radial artery was removed from arm. Leg and mammary were used
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December 31 1:16 PM (8 minutes and 3 seconds later)
         
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Assuming you did not have any problems with the arm before surgery it is likely that the arm was placed out on a board during surgery.

The chances of trauma to the arm are rare but possible, including the arm being twisted when you were moved onto and from the operating table.

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December 31 1:44 PM (28 minutes and 40 seconds later)
         
So What kins of prognosis am I facing? Will this be something permanent, is there a fix or is it just a waiting game to see if it comes back or not?
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December 31 1:53 PM (8 minutes and 35 seconds later)
         
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