The wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet technique achieved a 100% rate of success in patients undergoing endoscopic carpal tunnel release compared with a rate of success below 90% with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Monitored anesthesia care increased total facility costs by about $176 vs. a wide-awake technique. Personnel and ...

If you’ve ever experienced numbness or tingling in your hand or wrist or an urge to “shake out” your hands, these are all common signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects up to 5% of the ...

I finally took the plunge and had my carpal tunnel surgery last Monday morning. Carpal tunnel surgery involves the release of the ligament in the wrist that pushes against one of the nerves. I hope ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The AAOS released an updated clinical practice guideline for management of carpal tunnel syndrome. The guideline ...

FOND DU LAC — Very few doctors conduct carpal tunnel surgery with minimal invasion and recovery time, but SSM Health Fond du Lac Regional Clinic plastic surgeon Richard Schaefer recently treated his 1 ...

Just as the wearer knows where the shoe bites, only the sufferer knows how the carpal tunnel syndrome hurts. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compressive neuropathy condition, where the median nerve in the ...

It’s common for patients to come see you if they are experiencing escalating nerve pain in their wrist and hand. This pain can interfere with daily tasks and may become a barrier to their job. When a ...