title: Incomplete release of the first dorsal compartment--a diagnostic test.
abstract: A clinical examination of the thumb that is useful in determining when a separate compartment for the extensor pollicis brevis tendon has not been released after a previous operation for de Quervain's syndrome is described.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000379:methods*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012086:Reoperation; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery*