The effect of post-operative electrical stimulation on surgically repaired peripheral nerves is well detailed in the literature. Thus it may be synergistic to combine pre and post-operative electrical stimulation. Previously animal work has been translated into patients with digital nerve transection and repair, and carpal tunnel syndrome. Wong et al demonstrated those patients who underwent complete digital nerve transection, surgical repair, and postoperative 1 hour of 20Hz continuous ES showed consistently greater improvements in all sensory modalities by 5 to 6 months postoperatively compared to the controls. Gordon et al demonstrated brief post-surgical ES resulted in robust motor reinnervation to the thenar muscles by 3 months whereas it took more than a year in the control patients.