The local research ethics committee approved the study protocol and all patients gave informed written consent prior to their inclusion in the study. 33 consecutive patients who has originally ...

Hand infections represent a significant clinical challenge due to the complex anatomy and essential function of the hand. Among these, flexor tenosynovitis—a deep-seated infection of the tendon sheath ...

IN CIVILIAN life, acute suppurative tenosynovitis and trauma to the joint phalanges are the most common causes of loss of flexor function in the hand. Loss of flexor function means loss of the "hook ...

Type 2 diabetes is usually a lifelong condition that causes a person's blood glucose (sugar) level to become too high. This is due to the pancreas not releasing enough of the hormone insulin, which is ...

SUPPURATIVE inflammation of the flexor tendons of the hand presents a controversial problem, and one that has not been solved surgically. The incidence and complications of acute suppurative ...

Mr. K was also started on indomethacin (Indocin) 50 mg q.i.d. for acute gout and his furosemide was discon­tinued, pending resolution of the gout. Within 48 hours, Mr. K showed significant decreases ...

Type-2 diabetes is a life-long condition in which a person's blood glucose levels are very high. This happens due to the reason when our pancreas is unable to release a sufficient amount of insulin ...

The key physical examination finding in this patient was positive Finkelstein maneuver. Finkelstein maneuver is accomplished by having the patient clench the flexed thumb in a fist and perform ulnar ...

Background: Tenosynovitis is widely accepted to be common in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and postulated to be the first manifestation of RA, but its true prevalence in early disease and in particular ...