Extensor tendon triggering by impingement on the extensor retinaculum: a report of 5 cases

Michael Khazzam; Dominic Patillo; Barry J Gainor

doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.007

Extensor tendon triggering by impingement on the extensor retinaculum: a report of 5 cases

J Hand Surg Am. 2008 Oct;33(8):1397-400. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.007.

Authors

Michael Khazzam¹, Dominic Patillo, Barry J Gainor

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. khazzamm@health.missouri.edu

PMID: 18929208
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.04.007

Abstract

We describe 4 patients who were treated for symptomatic triggering of the index and small fingers with pain on the dorsum of the hand and were found to have impingement of an extensor tendon on the extensor retinaculum at the wrist. All cases were treated by release of the extensor retinaculum and excision of pathologic structures.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Decompression, Surgical / methods*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Recovery of Function
Risk Assessment
Sampling Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Tendon Entrapment / diagnosis
Tendon Entrapment / surgery
Tenosynovitis / complications*
Tenosynovitis / diagnosis
Treatment Outcome
Trigger Finger Disorder / diagnosis*
Trigger Finger Disorder / etiology
Trigger Finger Disorder / surgery*
Wrist Joint / physiopathology
Wrist Joint / surgery