In some cases: A nerve may have had chronic changes before surgery orchanges in response to surgical scarring that prevent the nerve from improving. This is a complex scenario that is very different and specific to each event and there is not a single answer that one can give. Much depends upon age, health, time of symptoms and degree before and the immediate vs late effects rx and never exactly the same
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Depends: It depends on why your hand goes numb. Sounds like you need an emg/NCS to assess your median nerve (the nerve that travels through and is compressed in carpal tunnel). Ideally this would be compared to a study performed preoperatively. That can assess for recurrent slowing, possibly from scar tissue. Ultrasound is another diagnostic option
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