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2. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Recovery after surgery for carpal tunnel...

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   Carpal tunnel syndrome often causes numbness and tingling in the hand and arm. Surgery to treat it involves relieving pressure on the median nerve by cutting the ligament that crosses over it. Research shows that symptoms improve for more than 90% of patients following carpal tunnel surgery.

3. Mayo Clinic Minute: Ultrasound therapy for pain following carpal...

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   After carpal tunnel surgery to release pressure off of a nerve, that nerve can become irritated, and can cause hypersensitivity, redness and inflammation, says Dr. Van Otterloo. While postoperative pain does not affect the outcome of carpal tunnel surgery, it can last up to nine months. However, ultrasound therapy can speed up the recovery process.

4. Mayo Clinic Minute: Symptoms, solutions for carpal tunnel...

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   Jeff Olsen. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition that creates numbness and tingling in your palm from the thumb to ring fingers. It occurs when a nerve on the palm side of the hand is compressed or irritated in some way. Often, a combination of risk factors contributes to the development of the condition, which tends to create initial symptoms ...

5. Mayo Clinic Q and A: Work with your hands? Watch out for carpal...

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   The surgeon inspects the tunnel and then uses a blade attached to the camera to cut the transverse carpal ligament — the roof of the tunnel — to relieve nerve compression. For the best results after surgery, be sure to consult an orthopedic hand surgeon while numbness and tingling are still intermittent rather than constant. Preventing ...

6. Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Mayo Clinic News Network

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   Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome The first line of treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is simply wearing a splint, if the condition is diagnosed early. In situations where the symptoms are more advanced, then the patient may need carpal tunnel decompression surgery, which is a common surgery performed everyday through the United States and the ...

7. Mayo Clinic Minute: Ultrasound therapy for pain following carpal...

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   While the postoperative pain does not affect the outcome of the surgery, it can last up to nine months. However, there is an option to help speed up the recovery process through ultrasound therapy. "There's a little crystal inside our transducer head that pulsates over 20,000 pulses per second. That high frequency can help to break up scar ...