title: Surgical tips to optimize digital flexor sheath washout.
abstract: Flexor sheath infection is a hand surgery emergency, and emergent washout is the accepted practice to prevent digital amputation. The authors describe surgical steps to optimize flexor sheath irrigation.
authors.affiliation: Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK.
authors.forename: Dariush
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nikkhah
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barabas
mesh_terms: D004210:Dissection; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation