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Lint: recurrent-carpal-tunnel-syndrome

Adjectival Hyphens
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"persistent or worsened symptoms post-surgery"

Line 11:40 · Only use medical adjectival hyphens where the letters at the end and start of the compound word are the same, e.g. post-transplant. In this case, don't use the hyphen: 'post-surgery'.
Commas
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"incorrect pre-operative diagnosis, e.g. more proximal median nerve entrapment syndrome, brachial neuritis, thoracic outlet syndrome, nerve tumour, cervical radiculopathy, multiple sclerosis, peripheral neuropathies (from various causes)"

Line 7:41 · More than 5 commas in a single sentence might make it more difficult to read.