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BMC Musculoskelet Disord
December 2024
Orthopaedics and Trauma Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, 41125, Italy.
Trigger finger (TF), also known as stenosing flexor tenosynovitis, is a common pathology of the fingers causing functional deficit of the hand. In recent years, new therapeutic approaches such as extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) and ultrasound-guided (USG) procedures have joined the most traditional conservative treatments as the adaptation of daily activities involving the affected hand and the orthosis. Likewise, the ultrasound (US) examination of the affected finger using modern high-frequency probes has progressively become part of the comprehensive assessment of patients with TF coupled with the medical history, the physical examination, and the functional scales.
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November 2024
Pediatric Surgery, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, BHR.
De Quervain's disease (DQVD) is the stenosing tenosynovitis of tendons in the first extensor compartment of the forearm. It is a common inflammatory condition that is often treated conservatively. While conservative therapy is an effective modality of treatment for a large number of patients suffering from DQVD, some patients do not improve with conservative measures.
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November 2024
Geriatrics, Selayang General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, MYS.
Post-COVID-19 sequelae can include various complications, including musculoskeletal manifestations. Unvaccinated against COVID-19, a 21-year-old woman initially experienced severe COVID-19 and subsequently recovered. She later developed mild COVID-19, which was followed by severe myalgia and joint pain in her upper extremities.
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November 2024
Trauma and Orthopaedics, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
Introduction: Conservative treatment options, such as rest, massage, cold and heat packs, wrist splints, braces, physical therapy, thumb spica casts, and local steroid injections, have been used with mixed results to treat De Quervain's tenosynovitis. Surgical treatment, like releasing the first dorsal wrist compartment, is the last resort for resistant cases of De Quervain's tenosynovitis, exhibiting an efficacy of 91%. However, complications and increased expenses have limited the use of surgical interventions.
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December 2024
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 401 N Broadway, Weinberg Building 2245, Baltimore, MD, 21231, USA.
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