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Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Flexor Tenosynovitis ... Tenderness over the flexor ... held in slight flexion ... Pickens, MD #Flexor ... Criteria #Sign #Hand
Boyes' Test - Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Finger Examination

Evaluate the injured finger for flexion.
Inability to flex the
Boyes' Test - Flexor ... injured finger for flexion ... Inability to flex ... #Test #finger #hand ... #orthopedics #flexor
Positive Hoffmann's sign (finger flexor reflex)

Flexion and adduction of the thumb and flexion of the index
reflex) Flexion ... and adduction of ... the thumb and flexion ... #sign #finger #flexor ... reflex #clinical #hand
Flexor Digitorum Profundus Test

Isolate the distal interphalangeal joint over the edge of the table and observe
Flexor Digitorum ... edge of the table and ... observe for flexion ... Inability to flex ... Jersey #Finger #Hand
Flexor Tenosynovitis

And of course don't forget Kanavel's Criteria:
1. Tenderness along course of finger
2. Symmetrical swelling of
Flexor Tenosynovitis ... And of course ... Flexed posture of ... @MRamzyDO #Flexor ... Clinical #Sign #Hand
Bunnel-Littler PIP Joint Test on Physical Exam
For intrinsic vs joint capsule cause of restriction or tightness
preventing full flexion ... unaffected side and ... joint & passively flex ... MCP & passively flex ... to do with both hands
Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

50-year-old man, kidney transplant, with post-transplant diabetes. Inpatient for pneumonia. It evolves with delirium,
Pyogenic Flexor ... tenosynovitis of the hand ... finger in slight flexion ... #Flexor #Tenosynovitis ... #Hand #Finger #
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
-80 degrees of flexion ... enable extension; flexor ... 120 degrees of flexion ... enable extension; flexor ... Diagnosis #Management #Hand
Median Nerve Anatomy and Function
The Median nerve is the nerve of pre-axial hand function; pinch, delicate
fibres to the hand ... brings the long flexor ... palsy leaves a hand ... thumb do not flex ... Flexor Pollicis
Hoffman's sign. Even in this specific case, accompanied by a clonus outline (rhythmic contractions). The median
as an afferent and ... patient to relax the hand ... phalanx of the flexed ... 4) Observe the flexion ... of the thumb and