Complications after De Quervain’s Disease Surgery

Authors: Federico A*

DOI: 10.23880/jobd-16000132

Volume 1, Issue 6

Abstract

Surgical treatment of De Quervain improves symptoms, obtains good and quickly results with a local anesthesia procedure. Allows almost early return to work with few restrictions. It can provide complete pain and functional recovery and may offer a long-term solution. But it has a relative large number of complications, according to a review of the literature into 9 to 24 % of the cases. On this study we analyse the surgery complications in a randomized series of 20 patients treated by the same surgeon and with the same surgical technique (transverse skin incision and tenolysis). In conclusions the surgery of De Quervain’s disease is a simple, safety and reliable technique but with a lot complications, particular the sensory branch of the radial nerve damage.

Keywords:

De Quervain’s disease, complications, radial nerve

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