ORLivedotcom asked:
On December 11, watch live surgery on OR-Live.com as orthopaedic hand surgeon Andrew E. Caputo, MD performs a carpal tunnel release. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a very common condition that causes numbness and tingling in the hand. It is due to compression of the median nerve in the carpal (wrist) tunnel. If gone untreated, it can cause serious hand weakness and potentially permanent numbness in the fingers and thumb.
I’ve had the op and they put a tourniquet on your arm for a short while.
June 27th, 2009 at 7:47 am
Why on operations like these, there’s never blood?
June 27th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I had the surgery done about 8 years ago and my hand is great. I might have to get my other hand done eventually though. A brace helps a lot though.
June 29th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Bah, I have CTS and had it for 2 years now. I spend a lot of time on the computer but take occasional breaks to move my fingers, flex my wrists. I have a stress-ball just besides my keyboard. Spend as much time as you want on games and computer just remember to take a break to move around and care for your body. Take at least 15 minutes/hour break to walk around, stretch, flex your wrists and fingers and you should be fine. (Cutting time is not a bad thing either >.> obviously)
July 1st, 2009 at 7:17 am
Hey man, even tho you had surgery, go get some Graston or ART work done from a good sports chiropractor, if this is not an option, look into a prolotherapy injection. these both will help you big time, even tho its been 5 months
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:01 pm
well it’s better than nuthin. instead of the person suffering in agonizin pain. they could actually b at ease of pain. n if the person gets therapy on the hand then the person should b fine
July 5th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Yoau’ll never be the same if you let carpal tunnel go on without some kind of relief. THe nerve will begin to die if it is continually irritated. Even Elbow inflammation must be shut down, or the inflammation will slowly spread. BE aware of Giant Cell Arteritis, which starts as jaw pain, then silently moves to the optic nerve. WIthout immediate pregnasone treatments, the eye’s nerve will die. I misspelled pregnazone.
July 5th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
weight gain coupled with repetitive moves will also cause it. had carpel tunnel surgery today, and am very surprised at the extreme low level of post op pain. now to be good to my hand.
try dr, bickel in san francisco.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:44 am
If you hand feels numb and tingling only occasionally, make a mental note on when it happened, and where your wrist was. It’s most likely that you prodded a nerve, which caused the harmless, numb sensation.
IF YOUR HAND FEELS NUMB ON ITS OWN FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, WITHOUT SOME OTHER SURFACE TOUCHING IT, SEE YOUR DOCTOR.
Seriously.
July 8th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Carpal Tunnel causes numbness and tingiling in the hands and fingers. Also the fingers can become weak and be very painful. More than likely you have it.I have a friend that had the surgery and it come back within 6 months
July 9th, 2009 at 9:41 am
Yay for Hartford Hospital!
July 12th, 2009 at 1:57 am
I was experiencing severe numbness in my hand and was told by an orthopedic surgeon that I had carpal tunnel….turns out my entire arm was filled with blood clots due to Thoracic Outlet syndrome- I was born with an extra rib that was causing an aneurism in the main artery that feeds my arm….I came within hours of losing my hand but thanks to God, 3 surgeries, and the doctors at UAB I’m fine. Get that thing checked out by a vascular surgeon!
July 12th, 2009 at 5:27 am
only a doctor can determine that but they will most likely first prescribe you to wear an extension wrist splint and take inti-inflammatory pain relievers. If the initial treatment doesn’t work, then your doctor may recommend surgery. However, surgery is used as a last resort.
July 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
the treatment of carpel tunnel is nt always surgery. there r conservative measures which r taken b4 surgery & if they fail then u might need surgery. 1st of all the Dr must know the cause of the syndrome, if its idiopathic or 2ry to any other cause. conservative measures r wrist rest by splinting or corticosteroids tunnel injection.
July 17th, 2009 at 4:34 am
my hand is feeling number, and its hard to bend my fingers. my mom says its carpaltunnel. will iget surgery? and can i stop it from happening before my hand gets bad? msg me someone
July 18th, 2009 at 1:37 am
wow, my hand does feel numb at times, do you think i have this? please reply
July 19th, 2009 at 4:00 am
Yeah. Though daily exercise and such will help prevent it. As I haven’t been doing that, have been getting the symptons lately. Though just normal things help prevent it. So don’t play WoW. You’ll get it then.
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:52 am
CTS does not need surgery in most cases – what is effective is deep tissue massage releasing inflamation from muscle and tendons of the forearm and hand
July 24th, 2009 at 9:42 am
Yes you will get carpel tunnel if you use the computer a lot. females are most likely to get it because their carpel tunnel is smaller. Idon’t know anything about age though. I’m around that same age and I have CTS in both hands. If you value your hands cut down on your computer time!
July 25th, 2009 at 6:20 am
Speak for yourself ,im an advanced guitar player & just had the surgery on my fretting hand,Mine fucking hurt real bad! its getting better but now that i got the green light to start playing again my pinky and ring finger are quite sore & the pain medicine doesnt help. No numbness anymore but its going to take awhile for those two fingers to get
solid again,im still fast but but when i do legato runs,that pinky feels like it did when i first started playing. But yeah, the surgery hurt bad to me
July 27th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
is it easy to get carpal tunnel for a person who uses a computer a lot a day? (3-4+ hours)
and also, does age or gender(im 13, male) affect the risk of getting carpal tunnel?
plz reply
July 27th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Did your pain and numbness occur during the time you were awake or sleeping? What were you symptoms? I only ask because I wake with numb hands and pain in my arm
July 31st, 2009 at 7:09 am