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ReviewCureus2023

Clinical Considerations of First Extensor Wrist Compartment (FEWC) Variants and De Quervain's Disease: A Review Study.

Dimitrios Kotzias, Christos Koutserimpas, Dimosthenis Chrysikos, Filippos Bekos, Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, George Tsakotos, Marios Salmas, Maria Piagkou, Theodore Troupis

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Dimitrios KotziasDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Christos KoutserimpasDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital, Athens, GRC.
Dimosthenis ChrysikosAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Filippos BekosAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Panagiotis GeorgakopoulosAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
George TsakotosAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Marios SalmasAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Maria PiagkouAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Theodore TroupisAnatomy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHellenic Air Force · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The first extensor wrist compartment (FEWC) displays significant variants. This review highlights all possible variants that may be associated with the occurrence and pathophysiology of de Quervain's tenosynovitis. A thorough search of PubMed and MEDLINE databases, following the PRISMA guidelines, was conducted from 2002 to 2022 to evaluate all FEWC variants, including the following: 1) the presence of an inter-tendinous septum, 2) the number of tendinous slips of the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) muscles, 3) their distal insertions and 4) the presence of a bony ridge within the FEWC. A total of 3878 wrists (1277 cadaveric and 1296 de Quervain patients) were included. Of the 1234 cadavers, a total of 701 (56.8%) were males and 533 (43.2%) were females. Regarding the 883 patients, 178 (20.2%) of them were males and 705 (79.8%) were females. An inter-tendinous septum was identified in 42.9% (47% of the patients' wrists compared to 39.3% of the cadaveric wrists, p<0.0001). Cadaveric wrists presented two or more slips for the APL in a significantly higher percentage (92.5%, p < 0.0001) compared to de Quervain patients' wrists (74.5%). Regarding the EPB muscle, de Quervain patients' wrists had a single slip in 93% (p=0.0007) and two or more slips in 3.6%, compared to cadaveric wrists (a single slip in 87%, and two or more slips in 11%, p< 0.0001). A bony ridge over the radial styloid process was recorded in 58.9% of the cadaveric wrists compared to 17.8% of the patients' wrists (p < 0.0001). Remarkable diversity concerning the structures within the FEWC was reported. The presence of an inter-tendinous septum dividing the FEWC and a single EPB muscle slip is more likely to be found in patients with de Quervain's disease.

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anatomical variationsde quervainfirst extensorsurgical anatomytenosynovitiswrist

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PMID37602034
PMCPMC10437001
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