John Dowdle, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, assistant attending orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery and at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York, director of hand and upper extremity surgery at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut, and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College.
The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway that runs from the wrist (the carpus) to the hand. Its bottom and…