smetester
01-08-2007, 12:38 AM
Dear dr.
I had a simple knee surgery to repair the extensor mechinism in my right knee, during surgery they put a torniquiet on my quidricept which i understand is a normal procedure, but now 3 months after the surgery im loseing extensive muscle mass in my quadracepts, i had an emg and nerve conduction study showing that a 12" long nerve that feeds my vastis medialis and another muscle right next to it is severly damaged from a compression injury and that only one of my quidricepts is working, i asked my ortho surgeon what now and he says their is nothing that can be done that my muscles will just waste away and i will have one muscle left and maybe some scar tissue, my question is can this be repaired or is their any way to save my leg and muscles? I just cant beleive that they can reattach limbs and they work but they cant fix my leg, i still have some mass left and i dont want it to get to a point that if it can be fixed and my doctor dont know about a specific procedure that my leg is to far gone, any advice would help!!!
(EDIT by Dr. Joshua: Changed to lower case)
I had a simple knee surgery to repair the extensor mechinism in my right knee, during surgery they put a torniquiet on my quidricept which i understand is a normal procedure, but now 3 months after the surgery im loseing extensive muscle mass in my quadracepts, i had an emg and nerve conduction study showing that a 12" long nerve that feeds my vastis medialis and another muscle right next to it is severly damaged from a compression injury and that only one of my quidricepts is working, i asked my ortho surgeon what now and he says their is nothing that can be done that my muscles will just waste away and i will have one muscle left and maybe some scar tissue, my question is can this be repaired or is their any way to save my leg and muscles? I just cant beleive that they can reattach limbs and they work but they cant fix my leg, i still have some mass left and i dont want it to get to a point that if it can be fixed and my doctor dont know about a specific procedure that my leg is to far gone, any advice would help!!!
(EDIT by Dr. Joshua: Changed to lower case)