The anatomy of de Quervain's disease
- 1 August 1995
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Orthopaedics
- Vol. 19 (4) , 209-211
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00185223
Abstract
We have studied the anatomical findings at operation on 67 patients with De Quervain's disease, 5% of whom had bilateral lesions, compared with published series of cadaveric dissections. There was division with a septum in the extensor compartment in 60%. The abductor pollicis longus had more than one tendon in 76% and extensor pollicis brevis was represented by a single tendon in 96%. If there was an anatomical predisposition to the condition, more cases would have been bilateral. A septum and a crowded compartment are mainly responsible for the failure of steroid injections. Les auteurs ont comparé les constatations anatomiques dans 70 cas de ténosynovites de De Quervain opérés, avec les études anatomiques, pour déterminer s'il existe une prédisposition anatomique au niveau du premier compartiment des extenseurs. 5% des 67 patients ont eu une intervention bilatérale. 60% avaient un compartiment double avec cloisonnement. Plus d'un tendon APL était présent dans 76%. Les séries anatomiques publiées dans la littérature montrent un taux de 73% de disposition anatomique symétrique et 40% de compartiment unique. Les interventions bilatérales devraient donc être observées en cas de prédisposition. Par contre, la dédoublement du premier compartiment et l'encombrement par des tendons multiples peuvent être la cause de l'échec du traitement par infiltration de corticoïdes.Keywords
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