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Had tennis elbow and cubital tunnel surgery this morning about 9a with nerve block, my arm is just as numb as when i left center, should i be concern?

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Dr. Gilbert Ramirez answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

No: These nerve blocks can last for a few days on occasion. It may actually be saving you a lot of agony at the moment. You should start to regain sensation and pain in the next 24 hours.

Answered 8/2/2014

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Dr. Edward Teller answered

Specializes in Anesthesiology

More time needed: Trauma to the nerve and elbow from the surgery...nerve block and other related medical procedures has occurred. Your elbow will continue to feel numb for a while. Inflammatory tissue seems to promote this "funny" feeling. Give it a three to five days for the numbness to go away...call your PMD if it has not improved w/in a week or so.

Answered 10/4/2015

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Dr. William Jenkins answered

Specializes in Anesthesiology

If you had: A regional block for anesthesia with bupivacaine it can last 7 hours normally, sometimes 12 or even 24 if you have diabetes

Answered 7/19/2014

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