Treatments for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Treatment list for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

• Resting hand and/or wrist
• Wrist splint immobilization
• Anti-inflammatory drugs
• Cortisone injections
• Carpal tunnel surgery
• Endoscopic surgery

Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:

• Night-time splinting effective symptom relief for carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers

Treatments of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome discussion: Carpal tunnel syndrome is treated by immobilizing the wrist in a splint to minimize or prevent pressure on the nerves. If that fails, patients are sometimes given anti-inflammatory drugs or injections of cortisone in the wrist to reduce the swelling. There is also a surgical procedure in which doctors can open the wrist and cut the ligament at the bottom of the wrist to relieve the pressure. However, only a small percentage of patients require surgery. ¹

CTS is treated by immobilizing the wrist in a splint. Then, either anti?inflammatory drugs or injections of cortisone are used to reduce swelling in the wrist. There is also a surgical procedure in which doctors can open the wrist and cut the ligament at the bottom of the wrist to relieve the pressure. However, only a small percentage of patients require surgery. ²

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NINDS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Information Page: NINDS
2. excerpt from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: NWHIC

Last revision: May 26, 2003

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