I had mine done in '07, one after the other, a month apart; the first one was completely healed and fully functional before the other one was done. They were done arthroscopically, which I understand is pretty much the way most are done these days. A quarter inch incision in the palm, and one on the inside of the wrist about an inch up from the fold of the wrist, a device is inserted from one to the other, and a small blade is slid through to slit the nerve sheath and relieve the pressure on the nerves; they sealed the incisions with surgical glue. I was a bit sore, but the instructions were to use my hands at something that needed a lot of finger movement, like typing. Within a week from surgery, I was back to normal, on light duty - no heavy lifting, hammering, pistol shooting, stuff that would put extreme pressure on the palms or the wrists, for a month after. It was much better in my estimation than what a few of my associates went through, having their hands and wrists cut open in a long incision, then being stitched back together and going through months of rehabilitation therapy.

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