Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37077124›Full record

ArticleHand (New York, N.Y.)2024

Anatomical Variations of the First Dorsal Compartment in de Quervain Tenosynovitis.

Christina Liu, Stephen Moye, Philip Blazar, Brandon E Earp, Dafang Zhang

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Hand (New York, N.Y.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Christina LiuBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Stephen MoyeHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Philip BlazarBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2156-0053
Brandon E EarpBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7983-3325
Dafang ZhangBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0155-8244
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDe Quervain tenosynovitis of the wrist is a common pathology. The primary aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of extensor pollicis brevis and abductor pollicis longus (APL) anatomical variations in association with de Quervain tenosynovitis. The secondary aim was to compare additional patient-specific factors associated with de Quervain tenosynovitis.

methodsThis retrospective study included 172 patients with de Quervain tenosynovitis who underwent first dorsal compartment release and 179 patients with thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) arthritis who underwent thumb CMC arthroplasty between August 1, 2007, and May 1, 2022. The CMC group was chosen as the control group because the study surgeons perform APL suspensionplasty as the primary procedure for thumb CMC arthritis, allowing for a comparison group without de Quervain tenosynovitis. Exclusion criteria included patients undergoing revision surgery, patients undergoing thumb CMC procedure other than APL suspensionplasty, and patients with both CMC and first dorsal compartment diagnoses. Demographics, clinical variables, and intraoperative findings were collected through retrospective chart reviews.

resultsPatients in the de Quervain tenosynovitis group tended to be younger (51 years, range: 23-92 years vs 63 years, range: 28-85 years), women (86.1% vs 77.1%), and more commonly of African American or black race (15.7% vs 3.9%) and Asian race (5.2% vs 0%). There was a higher prevalence of tendon subcompartments (79.1% vs 64.2%), but fewer number of APL slips (38.3% vs 20.7% 2 or fewer slips) seen in the de Quervain tenosynovitis group.

conclusionAnatomical variation exists between patients with and without de Quervain tenosynovitis. The presence of tendon subcompartments but not an increased number of tendon slips is associated with de Quervain tenosynovitis.

Indexed as

De Quervain DiseaseThumbAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsAnatomic VariationArthroplastyCarpometacarpal JointsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studiesanatomical variationsde Quervain tenosynovitisextensor tendonsfirst dorsal compartment

Identifiers

PMID37077124
PMCPMC11483834
OpenAlexW4366462734

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.