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A Standardized Acupotomy Protocol For The Treatment of Tenosynovitis of Hand Flexor Tendons In Human Patients
Published on: May 26, 2026
Continuous postoperative catheter irrigation is not necessary for the treatment of suppurative flexor tenosynovitis
S Lille1, T Hayakawa, M W Neumeister
1Institute for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, USA.
Abstract:
The records of 75 patients admitted with pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis at two academic centers were reviewed. The functional outcomes of patients who received intraoperative irrigation only (n = 20) and those that had both intraoperative irrigation and continuous postoperative irrigation (n = 55) were compared. There were no statistically significant differences between the outcomes in the two groups.
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