Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a common and painful disorder often caused by repetitive and forceful movement of the wrist.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is due to compression of the median nerve within a tunnel comprising a "U" shaped collection of bones with a tight ligament at the top.

The nerve can gradually wither if the condition is not treated. This causes permanent loss of sensation and wasting of thumb muscles, which cannot be completely relieved by surgery.

There are a number of ways of treating the condition including activity modification, splinting, steroid injections and surgery. Surgery is recommended if you have had the problem for a long time, your symptoms are severe, non-surgical treatments have failed or if wasting of muscles or loss of sensation in the hand is detected.

Surgery involves cutting the ligament over the tunnel to relieve the pressure on the nerve.

See  Hand Surgery   Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel

Please ask your doctor for further information.