| Surgery severs the flexor retinaculum so as to increase the size of the carpal tunnel, thus decompressing the median nerve. |
| For those with excess lateral tilt or pressure, release of the lateral retinaculum is often performed. |
| The retinaculum is not correctly represented in this figure, it arises from the anterior side of the sub-costal nervure. |
| They may also be tender on the undersurface of the patella and over the medial and lateral retinaculum. |
| In the midsegment, the capsule is sutured to the lateral border of the retinaculum. |
| The retinaculum and patellar tendon are richly innervated with free nerve endings. |
