The submitted study analyzes after an interval of one to eight years the therapeutic results of carpal tunnel syndrome by the classical miniinvasive surgical technique in a group of 513 patients subjected to a total of 831 operations. It deals with the extent of the surgery, the presence of associated diseases and their effect on the postoperative results. Attention is also devoted to the postoperative work capacity of the patients. The assessed results confirm the authors’ opinion that miniinvasive surgery can be considered the procedure of choice in carpal tunnel syndrome diseases.

        Key words: carpal tunnel syndrome, surgical treatment, miniinvasive approach, questionnaire survey