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Extensive open drainage for suppurative flexor tenosynovitis involving five digits: a case report.

Authors :
Foo TL
Chua IT
Chan LW
Source :
Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand [Hand Surg] 2012; Vol. 17 (1), pp. 111-3.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

An unusual case of suppurative tenosynovitis involving all five digits up to distal forearm in a 20-year-old male with no known risk factors is reported. We highlight the strategy of extensile skin incisions from the wrist to all five digits that allowed flexor sheath debridement, synovectomy, and infection resolution without causing skin flap ischemia. At three months, total active motion of 70% of contralateral hand was achieved.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1793-6535
Volume :
17
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
22351545
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218810412720082