title: [Infections of flexor tendon sheath - treatment and results].
abstract: Infections of the flexor tendon sheath are rare. We report on 49 patients who were treated in a five-year period from 1996 to 2000. The follow-up period was 45 months on average. We used an extensive skin incision for revision and regularly placed gentamycin-PMMA-chains in the wound. All patients were treated as inpatients. We achieved good and excellent results in 85% of patients.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Handchirurgie, Plastische und Mikrochirurgie, Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg. M.Voellinger@BUK-Hamburg.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Völlinger
authors.forename: B-D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Partecke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002481:Cellulitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; C030159:gentamicin-polymethylmethacrylate bead