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Wrist pain after carpal tunnel release

A member asked:
Dr. Herbert Krob
Neurology 31 years experience
Endoscopic : Endoscopic carpal tunnel release is one type of therapy used to treat compression of the median nerve as it passes through the wrist into the hand. O... Read More
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Dr. Patrick Schaner
Surgery - Plastics 25 years experience
Minimally invasive.: Endoscopic carpal tunnel release (ectr) is a minimally inasive technique for releasing the carpal ligament. I use the microaire system in my practice ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Rick Pospisil
Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery
Hardware in wrist: Once the hardware that is in the bone has been removed it takes 6-8 weeks for that to fill in with new bone. It is important to protect the wrist and ... Read More
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Dr. Jeffrey Wint
Hand Surgery 37 years experience
Removing bone screw: After the anesthetic and the exposure is like a screw in any solid substance. except can be overlying tissue or bone that the surgeon has to remove. A... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Randy Hauck
Hand Surgery 41 years experience
See your surgeon: Pain in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome is usually caused by another problem. Carpal tunnel syndrome is primarily numbness. You probably have ano... Read More
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Dr. Eon Shin
Dr. Eon Shinanswered
Hand Surgery 22 years experience
Therapy: Scar massage and desensitization exercises can be helpful. However, i would see your operating surgeon to rule out any other causes of sharp pains.
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Raymond Wittstadt
Hand Surgery 38 years experience
You need F/U: This is not typical after a routine carpal tunnel release. You should be feeling much better by now. A potential complication of any surgery is the ... Read More
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A 53-year-old female asked:
Dr. Dean Giannone
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
Need re-eval.: What you’re going through sounds above and beyond what we would normally expect as the recovery process after carpal tunnel release. I think you deser... Read More
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A 59-year-old female asked:
Dr. Robert Uyeda
General Surgery 47 years experience
Depends on: lots of things, such as severity of nerve damage, extent of operation, exact nature of your job, and any possibility of complication. You should ask ... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Randy Stevens
General Surgery 26 years experience
Combo: After carpel tunnel release you should be improved. Try a combination of track pad and mouse. You are trying to alternate and give enough time to re... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Edgar Mendizabal
Internal Medicine 57 years experience
Contact surgeon: If you were numb before surgery it will take few months to improve. If you were not, contact the surgeon as local anesthetic should be gone by now.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. William Coutts ii
Family Medicine 28 years experience
No!: Getting tattoos and body piercings greatly increase the risk of hepatitis (viral infection of the liver ) or some other infection. There has been an ... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jimmy Bowen
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 36 years experience
Finger Numbness: Peripheral neuropathy can be the cause. Unlikely that carpal tunnel can cause numbness of little finger.
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