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How painful is carpal tunnel surgery?

During surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, you shouldn’t experience any pain. The surgery is done under local anesthesia. The anesthesiologist injects numbing medication into your hand and wrist. You may feel some pressure during the procedure.  

After the surgery, you may have some discomfort and tenderness around the incision site. For most patient’s this pain is mild and can be controlled with pain medications at home. Your wrist may have some swelling for the first few days after surgery that can cause some mild discomfort.

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* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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