• Did you know that 60% of patients treated with cortisone injections do not require surgery?
  
  
• When surgery is required, our preferred method is endoscopic and outpatient at our facility.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) has become one of the most pervasive public health problems in today's workplace.

Almost 50% of American workers will experience CTS at some point in their lives. This costs billions of dollars to manage. Well over 250,000 carpal tunnel operations are done each year in the USA. In an effort to reduce the enormous source of disability associated with CTS, the Hand Center of Western Connecticut has launched a new program.

The Carpal Tunnel Center was created for the advancement of knowledge about CTS, research and patient education.

A state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment facility combines the expertise of board-certified hand surgeons, certified hand therapists, dedicated staff, X-ray fluoroscopy and an operating suite to assess and treat CTS.

We have seen a very real need to disseminate accurate knowledge about CTS according to the available basic science research. Misconceptions abound; we would like to reverse these. The Center will evaluate each patient individually and determine the suitability for entrance into the CTS program.

The program is streamlined and designed for patient comfort and cost-effectiveness. We stress a common-sense approach and one in which the patient plays an active role. If there is an issue of work-relatedness we take it seriously and assess the problem fully.

1. Identify the problem; do the signs and symptoms suggest CTS? Are there associated conditions; are further diagnostic tests necessary?
2. Work: does it contribute to the symptoms? If so, how much? Is workers' compensation involved?
3. What is this person's particular treatment needs (e.g. therapy, splinting, cortisone injections, surgery)? Does work need to be modified – either the task or the setting?
4. Assessing the outcome of the treatment.