Surgeons for redo?
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:20 pm
I have had pudendal nerve entrapment for a few years now, with varying symptoms. I underwent bilateral transgluteal decompression surgery 7 months ago, in France, with a surgeon trained in Nantes. The surgery went well and the post-op as well. I saw nice improvements on both sides, although it definitely takes time. Unfortunately, I strongly believe that my left side got reentraped as all the improvements on that side subsided whereas they are still improving on the right. This might be related to me trying to get back into sports at about 5 months post-op and going climbing.
Given my symptoms and the improvements that the first surgery brought about, I am determined to get things moving again towards finding a solution. In that dynamic, I basically have two main questions on my mind.
Given my symptoms and the improvements that the first surgery brought about, I am determined to get things moving again towards finding a solution. In that dynamic, I basically have two main questions on my mind.
- 1. What caused the re-entrapment? I know this is a tricky issue to know, but I want to try my best figuring it out because even if I get a redo, if the underlying problem causing re-entrapment persists, I might end up the same way. I have a small labral tear on the left side, but I don't know to what extent this could be linked. I am very open to suggestions/insights/inputs in that regard.
- 2. With whom to get a redo? I know that not all surgeons are okay with doing re-dos so I'm trying to figure out what my options are. I am therefore very open to comments, suggestions & ideas, knowing that I want the redo surgery to be transgluteal, just like the first.