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I've had open carpal tunnel release 5 days ago. i work in maintenance at a residential building, a lot of manual labor. how much time out of work?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Open carpal tunnel: http://www.coa.org/docs/2013-Annual-Meeting/MobileApp/MelhornMark%20Top%2010%20Disability%20Durations.pdf heavy work 84 days about2- 3 months onward depending on how healing is going. Your orthopedist should be directing the return to work, as you want it to heal entirely. f/u/ w/ orthopedics

Answered 7/20/2017

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