[Progress on treatment for stenosing tenosynovitis].

Abstract

Radial styloid stenosing tenosynovitis is a kind of common chronic motor system injuries, and could lead to joint pain and aggravates with activity, in further makes a great impact on people's daily life. At present, therapeutic methods for this disease could divid into conservative treatment and surgical treatment. What we pay attention to is cure. Conservative treatment could effectively relieve pain and improve wrist motion in acute phase, however, it make little difference on long--term effect and usually cause to reappear. Surgical treatment, as a kind of invasive therapies, is chosen only when facing recalcitrant radial styloid stenosing tenosynovitis with many complications for its high cure rate. The author thought that patient education should play an important role in the therapy of radial styloid stenosing tenosynovitis, comprehensive treatment could be applied according to the different conditions of disease development, and could increase cure disease.

• Authors: Jie Zhao, Xiao-Yu Dai, Shuang-Hua He
• Journal: Zhongguo gu shang = China journal of orthopaedics and traumatology (Zhongguo Gu Shang) Vol. 32 Issue 4 Pg. 387-390 (Apr 25 2019) ISSN: 1003-0034 [Print] China
• PMID: 31027420 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright© 2019 by the China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Press.

Topics

• Humans
• Radius
• Tendon Entrapment (diagnosis, therapy)
• Tenosynovitis (therapy)
• Wrist
• Wrist Joint