title: Continuous postoperative catheter irrigation is not necessary for the treatment of suppurative flexor tenosynovitis.
abstract: The records of 75 patients admitted with pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis at two academic centers were reviewed. The functional outcomes of patients who received intraoperative irrigation only (n = 20) and those that had both intraoperative irrigation and continuous postoperative irrigation (n = 55) were compared. There were no statistically significant differences between the outcomes in the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lille
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Neumeister
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Zook
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation