title: Tendon subluxation after de Quervain's release: treatment by brachioradialis tendon flap.
abstract: Volar subluxation of the tendons of the first dorsal compartment of the wrist occurred in two patients after surgery for treatment of de Quervain's stenosing tenosynovitis. In both patients a painful tenosynovitis of the extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus developed, which was unresponsive to conservative therapy as the tendons prolapsed over the prominence of the first dorsal compartment. A distally based flap of the brachioradialis tendon was used to prevent tendon prolapse, with both patients asymptomatic and free of subluxation one and five years after operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, N.Y.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Posner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011391:Prolapse; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery*; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000601:surgery*