Continuous postoperative catheter irrigation is not necessary for the treatment of suppurative flexor tenosynovitis

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 25 B, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 304-307

  Lille, Sean ^a,b   Hayakawa, T ^a,b   Neumeister, M W ^a,b   Brown, R E ^a,b   Zook, E G ^a,b   Murray, K ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0033923366     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jhsb.2000.0400     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Besser MI (1976). Digital flexor tendon irrigation. The Hand, 8: 72.
2. Boles SD, Schmidt CC (1998). Pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis. Hand Clinics, 14: 567-578.
3. Bunnell S. Bunnell's Surgery of the hand, Philadelphia, JB Lippincott, 1956: 840-842.
4. Carter SJ, Burman SD (1966). Treatment of digital tenosynovitis by irrigation with peroxide and oxytetracycline. Review of nine cases. Annals of Surgery, 163: 645-650.
5. Dickson-Wright A (1944). Tendon sheath infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 37: 504.
6. Flynn JE (1950). Suppurative tenosynovitis of the hand. New England Journal of Medicine, 242: 241.
7. Gosain AK, Markisson RE (1991). Catheter irrigation for treatment of pyogenic closed space infections of the hand. British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 44: 270-274.
8. Kanavel AB. Infections of the hand: a guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand and forearm, 7th edn. Philadelphia, JB Lippincott, 1939: 57.
9. Nemoto K, Yanagida M, Nemoto T, (1993). Closed continuous irrigation as a treatment for infection in the hand. Journal of Hand Surgery, 18B: 783-789.
10. Neviaser RJ (1978). Closed tendon sheath irrigation for pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis. Journal of Hand Surgery, 3: 462-466.
11. Pollen AG (1974). Acute infection of tendon sheaths. The Hand, 6: 21-25.
12. Speigel JD, Szabo RM (1988). A protocol for the treatment of severe infections of the hand. Journal of Hand Surgery, 13A: 254-259.
13. Stern PJ, Staneck JL, McDonough JJ et al. (1983). Established hand infections: a controlled, prospective study. Journal of Hand Surgery, 8: 553-559.