Infectious flexor tenosynovitis
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Infectious flexor tenosynovitis is an acute infection within the flexor tendon sheath. Diagnosis is suggested by Kanavel signs and confirmed with x-rays. Treatment is surgical drainage and antibiotics.
(See also Overview and Evaluation of Hand Disorders.)
The usual cause of infectious flexor tenosynovitis is a penetration and bacterial inoculation of the sheath.
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