i don't know enough about your particular case (nothing in fact) to know if you are a surgical candidate or not. i think it is a big jump from failure of anti-inflammatory cream to the operating room however. a choice of specialists depends on where the nerve impingment starts. if it is in your back a neurosurgeon or an orthopedic surgeon would be the specialist of choice.
what kind of surgery would you have for a pinched nerve in your leg. my doctor told me that if the anti inflammatory cream he has me on does not work i will need surgery. i am just curious what the names are of possible surgeries to fix this problem so that i can research them. the pain is in my left leg. lower outside. doctor said the pinched nerve is near the outside of my knee