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[Tenosynovitis in chronic inflammatory joint diseases and its sequelae in the area of the hand]
Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Handchirurgie : Organ Der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Fur Mikrochirurgie Der Peripheren Nerven Und Gefasse : Organ Der V
|September 1, 1985
Abstract:
The synovial lining of tendons may participate early in chronic rheumatic diseases. As a result of the inflammatory activity degenerative changes of tendons may occur. Increasing damage to tendons ends in their rupture. At 775 tenosynovectomies, 395 of them in chronic rheumatic diseases, in 68 patients (78 hands) 173 ruptures of tendons (14 flexors, 159 extensors) were found. The value of early tenosynovectomy as a preventive measure is emphasized.