A patient is recovering from endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery. The nurse knows that the surgery has been effective when the patient states which of the following?
A) "I only feel numbness when I have been on the computer for more than 15 minutes."
B) "I guess in a couple of months the numbness will go away."
C) "I will always have some tingling in my fingers after I have been on the computer"
D) "I am not having tingling or numbness in my thumb or index finger any longer."
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