BACKGROUND There is no consensus in the treatment of de Quervain's tenosynovitis, but wrist support with or without local corticosteroid injection has been considered as an effective treatment modality. Some patients have expressed reluctance for steroid injections because of the fear of probable adverse reactions. This study was performed to compare the outcome of methylprednisolone acetate in...

This study investigates the efficacy of the AO Pi-plate in the treatment of complex, intra-articular fractures of the distal radius. We retrospectively analysed the clinical and radiological results of 19 consecutive patients who underwent open reduction and internal fixation for dorsally displaced, intra-articular fractures of the distal radius using the AO Pi-plate. The final functional outco...

Background: De Quervain's tenosynovitis is an inflammatory disease due to the chronic overuse of tendons of first dorsal compartment of wrist. Modifications in normal kinematics and anatomical determinants of a tendon in students are common which may be the cause of this disease and little is known about the prevalence of this disease in medical students. Objective: The purpose of the study was...

Three cases of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposits in tendon sheaths outside the carpal tunnel are reported. Crystals were shown by x ray diffraction analysis in one case and by compensated light microscopy in the other two. Surgical excision of the tendon synovial sheath had to be done in two cases (one case with CPPD crystal deposits).

Le syndrome d'Eagle est une entité radio-clinique caractérisée par une ossification du ligament stylo-hyoïdien qui peut se manifester par des signes cliniques en rapport avec la compression de structures vasculo-nerveuses de voisinage. Nous rapportons un cas de syndrome d'Eagle de découverte fortuite chez une patiente de 62ans, sans antécédent particulier, admise aux urgences pour une fracture ...

BACKGROUND Bicipital tendinitis is a common cause of anterior shoulder pain, but there is no evidence that acute inflammation of the extra-articular long head of the biceps (LHB) tendon is the root cause of this condition. We evaluated the histologic findings of the extra-articular portion of the LHB tendon and synovial sheath in order to compare those findings to known histologic changes seen ...

Small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMCs), or markers, are abnormal chromosomal fragments that can be hereditary or de novo. Despite the importance of sSMCs diagnosis, de novo sSMCs are rarely detected during the prenatal diagnosis process. Usually, prenatally diagnosed de novo sSMCs cannot be correlated with a particular phenotype without knowing their chromosomal origin and content; ther...

BACKGROUND To present the treatment outcome for patients with stenosing tenosynovitis of thumb flexor tendon treated with a small S incision and page turning style of annular ligament partial resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS During a 2-year period between August 2011 and July 2013, 12 consecutive patients (mean age, 45.8 years) with stenosing tenosynovitis of the thumb flexor tendon were prosp...