Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition that can cause pain, numbness, weakness and tingling in the fingers and hands due to pressure on the median nerve, which runs down your arm and into your hand.

LAS VEGAS — Patients who underwent endoscopic carpal tunnel release experienced a quicker recovery and better patient-reported outcomes compared with patients who underwent open carpal tunnel release, ...

After 45 years as an executive assistant, Francine Barna started dropping things. Not appointments or phone calls or things critical to her job as the assistant to the head of a financial institution ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed endoscopic carpal tunnel release had an increased risk of revision vs. open carpal tunnel release ...

People who perform repetitive hand movements, such as typing or sewing, may be at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome. When medication or other treatments do not provide relief, a surgical procedure may ...

Objectives To compare endoscopic and open carpal tunnel release surgery among employed patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. Design and setting Randomised controlled trial at a single orthopaedic ...

For years now, surgeons have debated the relative merits of endoscopic and open surgery for carpal tunnel release. Now some researchers believe that they are closing the case against the endoscopic ...

You're working at your desk, trying to ignore the tingling or numbness you've had for months in your hand and wrist. Suddenly, a sharp, piercing pain shoots through the wrist and up your arm. Just a ...

Last summer, Anna Lea Matysek of Sarasota, Florida, and her husband Jim set to work sprucing up their property. Some of the hardscaping that had been installed two decades prior had sunk into the soft ...

Q. I have carpal tunnel in my right wrist. I was talking to a therapist and she mentioned surgery. Can you tell me if surgery is the best way to go? Will it make me a lot better or is it just a waste ...