I have know a couple people who have had in and they are back in a couple months. However, the team ortho and guy who taught my classes called it the Million Dollar Surgery as people needing to have it again was on the high side.
I had it on both wrists and it was WELL worth it was a cakewalk and recovery time was 2-3 weeks for me.
FYI I meant recovery time to actually start lifting with my hand and arms again.
I had the band release procedure done 2 wks ago. I could feel my fingers again immediately and the horrible arm numbing/pain has not occurred again. Only took a wk off from work but could have gone back in a few days.