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Bookmark or Share- Carpal tunnel syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicCarpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common hand conditions. It is caused by pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist. The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway surrounded by bones and ligaments on the palm side of the hand.
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Recovery after surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome ...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.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo ClinicCarpal tunnel syndrome symptoms usually occur while holding a phone or a newspaper or gripping a steering wheel. They also tend to occur at night and may wake you from sleep. Or you may notice the numbness when you wake up in the morning.
- New approach to carpal tunnel release offers promising resultsUsing an innovative surgical device and ultrasound guidance, Mayo physicians are now performing carpal tunnel release through a single 4- to 5-millimeter wrist incision.
- New approaches to carpal tunnel release and treatment of tendinopathyMayo Clinic physiatrists discuss incisionless thread ultrasound-guided carpal tunnel release and a new approach to treatment of tendinopathy via percutaneous debridement using a high-pressure saline jet.
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