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Dr. Tollestrup explains causes, symptoms and a surgical solution for patients with peripheral neuropathy. Eight out of ten patients with peripheral neuropathy who show signs of nerve compression will get relief with pain-focused peripheral nerve surgery. Peripheral Neuropathy Relief with Nerve Surgery Tim Tollestrup/Pain-Focused Peripheral Nerve Surgeon: “Peripheral neuropathy is a condition characterized by painful numbness, tingling, and burning of the feet and or hands. More people get neuropathy symptoms in their feet than in their hands but it can affect both and you can have all four limbs affected. In the context of peripheral nerves, you're sort of dealing with a two-part problem, like a layer cake with two layers. Very often with people who have peripheral neuropathy there's a metabolic insult going on. That could be something like diabetes, hypothyroidism and maybe exposure to certain chemicals and chemotherapy. These nerves become swollen and entrapped in tight spaces where they used to fit. In patients who have peripheral neuropathy what I can do as a pain focused peripheral nerve surgeon is examine them to see if they show signs that there is entrapment of these nerves at these tight spaces. If the patient shows evidence of compression or entrapment of nerves at certain locations that match up with where their clinical symptoms are, then they're good candidates for nerve decompression surgery. It is not 100%, some people have the surgery and do not get better but there's nothing else that offers an 80% cure rate besides surgery to decompress the nerves. If somebody has an exam and doesn't show signs of mechanical nerve compression, then they're obviously not a candidate for nerve decompression surgery.” Website: https://nevadanervesurgery.org/

Dr. Tollestrup explains the wide range of pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeries he performs to help patients from all over the world overcome chronic pain conditions previously considered untreatable. “Some patients have had serious trauma and have complex peripheral nerve problems involving multiple nerves at multiple levels. Sometimes you know you end up doing a collection of procedures or coming up with some kind of approach that you may not ever do again or do very rarely. Most people have problems that fall into basic categories and it's just a question of figuring out what their problem is and then applying an operation that you've done many times.” Here are five of the more common pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeries Dr. Tollestrup performs on a regular basis: 1. Piriformis Muscle Removal Surgery 2. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 3. Superior Cluneal Nerve Removal Surgery 4. Meralgia Paresthetica – Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Removal 5. Peripheral Neuropathy

Dr. Tim Tollestrup explains how chronic groin pain can be relieved with pain-focused peripheral nerve surgery. He also discusses the link between hernia repair surgery and groin pain. He estimates that as many as 25% or more of people who undergo hernia surgery are left with groin pain after the surgery. The good news is that there is a surgical solution that can eliminate the pain. Watch to learn more.

Doug suffered a wakeboarding accident that left him with debilitating back pain. During the next decade he sought help from renown surgeons all over the U.S. No one could relieve his pain or even give him a diagnosis. He even tried a stem cell procedure that made his pain worse and injured his groin. Then he found Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon. In one surgery, Dr. Tollestrup removed his superior cluneal nerves, ilioinguinal and iliohypogastric nerves. Doug and his wife Peggy share their gratitude for the surgeon who gave Doug his life back.

Selina is a young girl in excruciating pain stemming from a thumb injury. The pain traveled all the way up her arm. She was confined to her room and her arm felt like "it was being cut through with a chainsaw." She was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and sent to a pain management clinic in her hometown of Hamilton, Canada. Doctors there kept trying to medicate her but the medication didn't work and her pain only increased. Her mom Ivetta searched online and found Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Watch how Dr. Tollestrup gave Selina her life back.

In this video, we go inside the operating room with Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a pain-focused, peripheral nerve surgeon. Dr. Tollestrup explains the various surgical procedures he has developed such as piriformis, muscle removal, superior cluneal nerve removal and many, many others. He also explains the precision and quick thinking needed for pain focused peripheral nerve surgery.

Ruth’s powerful story is both unique and symbolic of many of the patients Dr. Tollestrup sees. For over two decades, she sought help for thoracic outlet syndrome from some of the top specialists in the world. No one could treat her pain, and she had given up hope when she stumbled upon his YouTube channel. She took a leap of faith and flew from her home in Dallas to Las Vegas to meet with Dr. Tollestrup. She went forward with the surgery that changed her life. She is sharing her story in hopes that others can have their lives changed too. Watch her full story here on our YT Channel https://youtu.be/pYAswvmMJC0?si=k50sBGbfPrx8W3QL

Ruth’s powerful story is both unique and symbolic of many of the patients Dr. Tollestrup sees. For over two decades, she sought help for thoracic outlet syndrome from some of the top specialists in the world. No one could treat her pain, and she had given up hope when she stumbled upon his YouTube channel. She took a leap of faith and flew from her home in Dallas to Las Vegas to meet with Dr. Tollestrup. She went forward with the surgery that changed her life. She is sharing her story in hopes that others can have their lives changed too.

Having performed hundreds of successful neuronectomies on patients with Meralgia Paresthetica, Dr. Tollestrup shares how removing the nerve is an excellent long term solution that prevents recurrence.

Dr. Tim Tollestrup explains symptoms and surgical solutions for Meralgia Paresthetica. Having performed hundreds of successful neuronectomies on patients with this problem he shares how removing the nerve is an excellent long term solution that prevents recurrence.

Patients who have spine surgery that doesn't work or unexplained back pain probably have a problem with their Cluneal Nerves which are peripheal nerves near the spine and buttocks. Spine and Orthopedic surgeons have no knowledge of these peripheral nerves. Dr. Tim Tollestrup pioneered a surgery to relieve this pain. Watch as he and Dr. Lee Dellon explain.

Patients who have spine surgery that doesn't work or unexplained back pain probably have a problem with their Cluneal Nerves which are peripheral nerves near the spine and buttocks. Spine and Orthopedic surgeons have no knowledge of these peripheral nerves. Dr. Tim Tollestrup pioneered a surgery to relieve this pain. Watch as he and Dr. Lee Dellon explain.

Dr. Tim Tollestrup describes how patients look different after pain-focused peripheral nerve surgery. They lose what he calls a pain mask they carried while they were dealing with chronic pain. Learn more about pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeries https://nevadanervesurgery.org/contact-us/

Dr. Tim Tollestrup explains how each patient dealing with chronic pain has a unique journey and experience. Sometimes a patient needs a surgery that he has done hundreds times while others require him to develop a new surgery just for that patient.

Dr. Tollestrup explains how pain-focused peripheral nerve surgery is not a silver bullet for everyone with chronic pain. However, it is the only permanent solution if a patient has nerve damage or nerve entrapment.

In this episode of Dr. Tollestrup Discusses Chronic Pain, Dr. Tollestrup addresses the difference between pain-focused peripheral nerve surgery and pain management, how each patient's journey is unique and the joy he feels after helping a patient overcome chronic pain. If you need a permanent solution to relieve your pain, contact Dr. Tollestrup at https://nevadanervesurgery.org/contact-us/ or call 702-666-0463 The difference between what I do, and a pain management setting is that my goal is always to get rid of the pain. Very often in pain management the goal is to manage the pain; to make the pain go to a a level where the patient can function. My goal with a patient is to try to get rid of the pain and that's really one of the most rewarding things about this field of surgery. I love watching these patients’ progress. Some patients are simple and have a simple problem and other patients are very complex. Some patients fall into categories where there's typical operations that you may do many times because there's many patients with the same problem. Some patients have a unique problem that may even require a sort of surgery to be developed to treat them. When these patients come in to see you, you can sort of see this burden of pain that they carry, and I refer to it as the pain mask. Once you're able to help these patients at the end of the process they look like a different person because that pain burden has been lifted. In terms of personal satisfaction that's absolutely the thing that is the most rewarding for me. Most patients who come to see me are as bad as they can be and almost always the only thing I can do is help. I can't help everybody and not everybody has a peripheral nerve problem. The type of surgery I do is not a silver bullet for every type of chronic pain. But for patients who have a peripheral nerve problem it's really the only solution that that's out there that can really give them excellent relief of their pain.

Dr. Tollestrup has successfully removed the piriformis muscle in hundreds of patients and yet each case provides a new challenge. In part two of Hannah’s story, we go inside the operating room with Dr. Tollestrup as he removes Hannah’s piriformis muscles and finds a surprise. Learn more about unexplained sciatica pain and failed back surgery. And watch part one of Hannah's journey here https://youtu.be/C1fVvUwTi-4

Dr. Tollestrup has successfully removed the piriformis muscle in hundreds of patients and yet each case provides a new challenge. In part two of Hannah’s story, we go inside the operating room with Dr. Tollestrup as he removes Hannah’s piriformis muscles and finds a surprise. Learn more about unexplained sciatica pain and failed back surgery. And watch part one of Hannah's journey here https://youtu.be/C1fVvUwTi-4

Hannah is a young woman suffering from excruciating leg pain that mystified the doctors and surgeons she saw. After researching online she found Dr. Tim Tollestrup, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon. This is part one of Hannah's journey back to health. Her case is one of the more unusual cases that Dr. Tollestrup has seen in the hundreds of piriformis patients he has treated. Here is Hannah's story in her own words... #piriformissyndrome #piriformis #nervepain #nervedamage #nerves #nervesurgery #sciatica #sciaticapain #timtollestrupmd