“…6,11,12 Injury to the median nerve (often the palmar cutaneous branch or recurrent motor branch) is most frequent; ulnar nerve injury is rare. 6,11,13,14 Failure of CTR may be divided into symptoms that are persistent (incomplete release of the flexor retinaculum due to inadequate exposure and visualization), recurrent (scar formation in the carpal tunnel), or new (additional hypesthesia, more severe lancinating and shooting pain, worsened numbness, new motor deficit) immediately or shortly after CTR. 1,3,9,14 We report 12 patients who sustained iatrogenic median or ulnar nerve injury during CTR, all of whom underwent electrodiagnostic (EDX) studies and 11 of whom had ultrasound (US) studies.…”