Peripheral Nerve Surgery

We diagnose and treat a broad spectrum of nerve injuries and nerve pain, including:

• Brachial plexus injuries
• Foot drop
• Ganglion cysts in nerve tissues (intraneural)
• Nerve compression syndromes
• Nerve sheath tumours, including schwannomas and neurofibromas
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Piriformis syndrome
• Secondary reconstruction after nerve injury
• Sports-related nerve injuries
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Ulnar nerve entrapment
• Wrist drop (radial nerve palsy)

Our team will craft a treatment plan that addresses your specific injury and needs. We will help find the best path to manage your symptoms, repair damage, and rebuild your strength and ability to move. To achieve this, your care team may recommend:

Brachial plexus surgery

This minimally invasive microsurgery can help restore arm movement that damage to the network of nerves across your neck and under your collarbone (brachial plexus) has caused. Our peripheral nerve surgeons treat even the most complex injuries and tumours in this area, and we’ve treated more than a thousand cases combined.

Thoracic outlet syndrome treatment

Nerves in the area between your collarbone and first rib (thoracic outlet) can become compressed (pinched) and cause tingling or numbness in your neck, shoulder, forearm and hand. This is called thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), and we can treat it with surgery to release the muscles, tendons or bones compressing the nerves.

Types of peripheral nerve surgeries

Our peripheral nerve surgeons use innovative techniques to treat brachial plexus injuries, TOS and other forms of nerve damage, including:

• Neurolysis: Removes compressing scar tissue or desensitises nerves to treat chronic pain
• Nerve grafting: Moves a portion of a sensory nerve from one part of your body to another so it can attach to an injured nerve in another area to improve feeling and movement
• Nerve transfer: Harvests (removes) a motor nerve from one muscle in your body to move it to another muscle in the injured area
• Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR): Decreases painful pinched nerve pain from traumatic injuries or surgeries, such as limb amputation, by removing what’s causing the compression so that injured nerves have space to regenerate
• Free functional muscle transfer (FFMT): Moves a muscle and its blood supply from one part of your body (usually the thigh) to an area with long-standing or severe nerve damage to treat paralysis or improve motor function through limb re-animation

Paying for Peripheral Nerve Care at Cleveland Clinic London

There’s no need to wonder how much private medical care costs — or how you will settle your bill. Cleveland Clinic London removes the tedious guesswork by providing you with a detailed estimate and transparent pricing. Whether you need to know the cost of a private MRI scan, surgical procedure or other service, we have the information you need to make important decisions about your care.

When it comes to paying for treatment, you have options. We accept private medical insurance, or you can use our orthopaedic self-pay services. Do you want to pay your account balance over time? Our partner Chrysalis Finance can help you find an instalment plan that works for you.

What’s Next?

Numbness. Tingling. Pain. Peripheral nerve damage can keep you from moving comfortably through your day. But it doesn’t always have to be that way, and you don’t have to look too far to get help. Cleveland Clinic London’s private nerve surgeons collaborate with other specialists to treat all types of nerve injuries with personalised treatment. We focus on getting you back to doing what you love as quickly as possible.