My explanted mesh photos – and II (Alien extraction)

[paco]

The anethesia team shaved all my right leg and put me various electrodes. I listened some of evoked potentials (potenciales evocados) to avoid problems.

maybe because in my particular case I needed general anesthesia, because I suffer from spinal csf leak for more than three years, so epidural anesthesia is contraindicated to me in order to avoid another dural tear.

But maybe evoked potentials could be used also to monitorize wrong nerve damage or similar, as I’m pending of another surgery in Switzerland to treat my years chronic spinal tear and neurosurgeons explained in a preoperative paper study the usage of evoked potentials among other things.

But I do norte really know what it’s for.

[scaredtodeath]

Question what are evoked potentials

[paco]

Of course Chaunce1234

Dr. Egea previously performs a dermatomal sensory map and pain trigger points before surgery, I think in order to identify affected nerves and their branches. The red dots are painful triggers, blue ones represents either no-pain and maybe a hesselbach or neuromuscular triangle matrix or whatever, I don’t remember so well.

Is performed with a kind of pen or a tip, pressing deep and then marking with color markers in response to pain.

My previous excruciating testicular and inguinal pain is almost gone. Now I can walk normally without looking like John Wayne. I’m also able to join my legs, cross, extend, etc. without see the stars
But I have certain post-operative pain and pricks in the middle of incision. I must wait 3 or 6 months to better realize if all were successful.

However, my acquired systemic immune disease due mesh (excessive sweating, intolerance to cold, prostatitis like syndrome, and other uncomfortable symptoms in my whole body) and central pain senstill remains, but slightly better. But I’m warned that due oxidative stress damage suffered while “wearing” the mesh those diseases may take years or become permanent.

Attached my nerves identification procedure. Seems to be that there is normal slightly anatomical variations from person to person of the nerves location.
In my case my surgeon used evoked potentials in my right leg to avoid problems.

[Chaunce1234]

I’m impressed that you were given the dermatome mapping, I have read about it but I don’t know of any surgeon or doctors in the USA that do that. Can you detail a bit more about what the color dots mean? I assume it’s where pain distribution is?

How do you feel now compared to before your surgery? Any difference in symptoms, pain, etc?

Thank you for sharing details of your case, and your progress.