A recent study of therapies for carpal tunnel syndrome suggests a clear benefit for surgery, although the investigators also found improvements in patients who received carefully structured, nonsurgical treatment.
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Dyer, G., Simmons, B. Surgery or nonsurgical therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome?. Nat Rev Rheumatol 6, 186–187 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2010.41
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