Last month I had open carpal tunnel release surgery performed on my left hand and I will be having the same procedure done next week on my right hand.

So far it has not helped and has only made the pain worse in my opinion and the strength has not returned at all to my hand which will make things much more complicated if the same results happen after this surgery to my right hand (which is my dominate hand).

Is it normal to leave the stitches in for an entire month?