De Quervain tendinitis after total trapeziometacarpal joint arthroplasty: biomechanical evaluation of tendon excursion in the first extensor tendon compartment

Hand Surg Rehabil. 2024 Apr 5:101686. doi: 10.1016/j.hansur.2024.101686. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDe Quervain's tenosynovitis is the most common complication after total trapeziometacarpal joint replacement. Etiology is unclear. Implantation of a ball-in-socket implant changes the biomechanics of the normal trapeziometacarpal saddle joint and increases its range of motion. The present study demonstrates that this procedure also significantly increases excursion of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons during thumb flexion-extension, and not during thumb abduction-adduction. Increased tendon gliding under the retinaculum of the first extensor tendon compartment could predispose to the development frictional tenosynovitis and play a role in the development of de Quervain's syndrome after total trapeziometacarpal joint replacement. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Not applicable (laboratory study).PMID:38583707 | DOI:10.1016/j.hansur.2024.101686

Source: Hand Surgery - April 7, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: T Philips L Van Melkebeke L Popleu B Van Hove P Caekebeke J Duerinckx Source Type: research