I trust that the surgeon you're consulting is a hand surgeon. Since a carpal boss is a bony overgrowth the only treatment I can think of would be either surgery or corticosteroid injections. Do you have significant symptoms to suggest tendon involvement? A hand surgeon can advise you best but surgery may not be completely curative.
Answered 9/25/2021
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The boss usually occurs at the insertion of the extensor carpi radialis and is associated with inflammation at that level with production of some hypertrophic bone. It is rarely a painful condition and does not warrant surgery unless boney degeneration occurs. Boss not associated with ligament injury but doesn't rule out an injury elsewhere in the wrist
Answered 9/30/2021
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