00:00 mr. David Drake doing a video of an 00:03 overcome fulfillment beliefs typically 00:08 the incision is 1/2 centimeters in 00:13 length it's a day we've been made it a 00:15 little bit larger for purposes of this 00:17 video blowing the long axis of the 00:20 fourth metacarpal incisions made through 00:23 the skin into the subcutaneous tissue I 00:32 like to identify the superficial calmer 00:34 fashion in a radial fashion and to 00:39 develop a superficial flap of this 00:44 fashion flapping will be in size on the 00:50 radial aspect and be used in our closure 00:56 to detect the nerve from sub-blocks and 00:59 even sometimes tissue once the 01:03 transverse carpal ligament has 01:05 identified the tunnel ended with a freer 01:09 elevator with a freer elevator against 01:12 the hook of the hamate the 15 blade is 01:16 used to cut down to the freer thereby 01:19 releasing the transverse carpal ligament 01:24 this has them at the almost border of 01:27 the canal you can see the nerve buddies 01:33 underneath the ligament 01:42 and the ligament is free both proximally 01:45 and distally and closure the superficial 01:56 fasciae is then tacked to the cut edge 02:00 of the ulnar border of the transverse 02:05 carpal ligament again forbidden to help 02:10 prevent subluxation if that are included 02:13 into the set of things tissue one or two 02:16 absorbable sutures are used to 02:18 accomplish this goal interrupted for 02:21 monofilament is in use in a horizontal 02:23 and simple fashion on a full wound 02:27 closure I typically like to splint my 02:34 patients for 710 days and sutures out of 02:39 two weeks therapy as as indicated with 02:43 their swelling pain and so forth