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. 1995;19(4):209-11.
doi: 10.1007/BF00185223.

The anatomy of de Quervain's disease. A study of operative findings

J Bahm  1 , Z Szabo, G Foucher
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The anatomy of de Quervain's disease. A study of operative findings

J Bahm et al. Int Orthop. 1995.

Abstract

We have studied the anatomical findings at operation on 67 patients with De Quervain's disease, 5% of whom had bilateral lesions, compared with published series of cadaveric dissections. There was division with a septum in the extensor compartment in 60%. The abductor pollicis longus had more than one tendon in 76% and extensor pollicis brevis was represented by a single tendon in 96%. If there was an anatomical predisposition to the condition, more cases would have been bilateral. A septum and a crowded compartment are mainly responsible for the failure of steroid injections.

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