Sawbones is correct in I hope that it is the right thing to do.
I often times see patients with what they call carpal tunnel syndrome. Most of these cases are caused by a flattening of the carpal tunnel and an enlargement of the tendinous sheath (flexor retinaculum). The surgery that you speak of actually severes the sheath to allow room for the structures that have to pass through the tunnel i.e. nerves, vascular system and flexor tendons of the wrist and fingers.
Be careful after the surgery and don't do anything to flair up your wrist like bowling too quickly.
My personal feeling is that if the carpal bones in the wrist can be manipulated to restore the tunnel and then taped to heal in place often times a surgery can be avoided. That is my experience. I have saved many people from having to go through the surgery and have also helped those that still have remaining symptoms after the surgery. Then again there were a small handful that I was unable to help.
My personal feeling is that surgery should be the last option. Once you have been cut you can't reverse it. If it is perfectly okay to exhaust all conservative means first without doing any additional harm then by all means exhaust them.
I hope this helps.
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