DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS

Course overview

DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS IS NAMED AFTER THE SWISS SURGEON, FRITZ DE QUERVAIN, WHO FIRST DESCRIBED IT IN 1895. IT IS A CONDITION WHICH INVOLVES TENDON ENTRAPMENT AFFECTING THE FIRST DORSAL COMPARTMENT OF THE WRIST. WITH THIS CONDITION THICKENING OF THE TENDON SHEATHS AROUND THE ABDUCTOR POLLICIS LONGUS AND EXTENSOR POLLICIS BREVIS DEVELOPS WHERE THE TENDONS PASS IN THROUGH THE FIBRO-OSSEOUS TUNNEL LOCATED ALONG THE RADIAL STYLOID AT THE DISTAL WRIST. PAIN IS EXACERBATED BY THUMB MOVEMENT AND RADIAL AND ULNAR DEVIATION OF THE WRIST. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ETIOLOGY, PRESENTATION, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF DE QUERVAIN TENOSYNOVITIS AND REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN EVALUATING, DIAGNOSING, AND MANAGING THE CONDITION.