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I had a opperation and a put a screw in my scaphoid 8 month ago and i am now getting pins and needles in my thumb and index finger?

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Dr. Eric Weisman
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Neurology 37 years experience
Proper digital nerve: Compression of the proper digital.nerve in the hand ( a problem with the median nerve proximal to the hand-as in the wrist- would cause parasthesias in the third digit as well. tell the surgeon
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