Judging from other posts and my own experience, I think it is very common to have both CuTS and Carpal. There are other areas besides the Carpal Tunnel that cause the hand weakness and middle finger to thumb tingling. I had some compression of the median nerve near my elbow. I ended up with three incisions: one for Carpal Release, one for Pronator release (median nerve at the elbow) and one for the Cubital Tunnel. I am 11 days post op, so it is too early to tell how much good it did. From what I understood in my heavily drugged state after the surgery, my median nerve at the Carpal Tunnel was the least compressed of the three.
Take a look at this link:
http://www.simmonsortho.com/literature/highmediannerve/highmediannerve.html
It is a good article on the topic.
Best of luck