The ulnar nerve originates from the medial cord of the brachial plexus, receiving fibers from the spinal segments C8–T1. This is precisely neurogenic TOS , as well as insignificant venous TOS . But this is not critical and does not require surgery, you can do special exercises and reduce strong physical strength training.
Your occipital artery is not compressing anything. Perhaps Agaeev was referring to the bifurcation of the carotid artery (but again, the hyoid bone presses on it, and it presses the left IJV against the SCM and lymph node. Since there is nowhere for the vein to move to the central lymph node. The main culprit is the lymph node)
Lymph nodes can be enlarged for many reasons, one of them is inflammation in the neck or mouth. Since you have a stone in your gland, it can cause inflammation.
When did you get the symptoms? How long (how long have you known about the stone)?
Think for yourself if your right side is the main one for venous outflow and there the velocity is higher than the blood flow and the transverse venous sinus is dilated (look in articles by Ross Hauser and others, I read about it somewhere). Then you’ll understand about the tinnitus in your right ear.
On the right, you still have a high probability of success in removing only the styloid process, since the distance from the styloid process to the transverse process C1 is much greater than on the left, and your digastric muscle is far from TP C1.
You should get a different opinion.Ask Dr. Agaev if he can remove only the Styloid proces one on the right. Ask Osbarn if he can remove the Styloid process at the root on the right. Consult with Dr. Nakaji and Dr. Liu. There is a Dr. Nazaryan in Russia who charges inexpensively for the removal of the Styloid process (one side will cost about 3 thousand dollars). Perhaps you can make one side of it, remove only the Styloid process. Think and decide for yourself. But Dr. Nazarian loves money and always suggests making two sides at once.
I don’t think I’ve seen any mention of those being used by anyone on here…sounds interesting! As with any supplement etc a good idea to check with your medical team first, have to add that note of caution but you’ve obviously done research!
Symptoms of inflammation and infection in my salivary gland appeared 3–4 days ago, but I’ve been noticing a blocked feeling in it after certain meals for several years now. I know I’ve had the stone for 5 months—that’s when I had the CT angiogram.
Do you know of any specialist who could review my CT angiogram quickly and for free (like Kamran)?
@nemo - Dr. Cognetti in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, doesn’t charge for an initial consult, but you’ll be looking at February next year, or beyond, to get a consult with him. His cancer patients take precedence over his ES patients so his ES appts are booked far into the future.
I tried PRP for my knees which both need to be replaced because I’d had friends w/ good success going that route. It didn’t help at all. Getting hyaluronic acid injections, several months after the PRP, helped tremendously & my insurance fully covered those where PRP was out of pocket.
Before PRP, I tried BPC157 peptide injections & got no help from those either. Granted I was aiming for the PRP & peptides to help a different problem than you are but felt I should share my experience.