Operative Note

PROCEDURE: Left carpal tunnel release.

SUMMARY: The patient was brought to the operating room and placed supine on the operating table and given a left upper extremity IV bier block and a gram of Ancef IV. Once anesthetized, the left upper extremity was prepped and draped in the usual manner. Incision was made in the palm of the left hand 2 sonometers long in line with the ring finger metacarpal and distal to the volar distal wrist crease. The incision was made with the knife through the skin and then through the palmar aponeurosis and the transverse carpal ligament. Antebrachial fascia was released with scissor. The incision was irrigated, closed with interrupted 4-0 nylon. Incision was covered with Kerlix, and a volar wrist splint applied with the wrist in mild dorsiflexion and the splint held on with Ace wrap.

The patient tolerated the procedure well. No complications were sustained. He was in good condition in the recovery room at the conclusion of the procedure.

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