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There are 2 types of carpal tunnel release surgery. The traditional method is the open release, in which the surgeon cuts open the wrist to do the surgery. The other method is endoscopic carpal tunnel release, in which a thin, flexible tube that contains a camera is put into the wrist through a tiny incision (cut).
Patients with severe carpal tunnel syndrome or whose symptoms have. not improved after four to six months of conservative therapy should be offered surgical decompression. Endoscopic. and open techniques are equally effective, but patients return to work an average of one week earlier with endoscopic.