Optimal Skin Incision for the Surgical Treatment of De Quervain Tenosynovitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Dimitrios Kitridis, Eleni Karagergou, Alexandros Givissis, Konstantinos Tsikopoulos, Leonidas Pavlidis, Michael Potoupnis, Panagiotis Givissis

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Dimitrios KitridisFaculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, 1st Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6063-8650

Eleni KaragergouFaculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, 1st Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Alexandros GivissisSchool of Medicine, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia 1016, Cyprus.

Konstantinos TsikopoulosFaculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, 2nd Orthopaedic Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-5923-4782

Leonidas PavlidisFaculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, Department of Plastic Surgery, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5331-5634

Michael PotoupnisFaculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, 3rd Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Panagiotis GivissisFaculty of Health Science, School of Medicine, 1st Orthopaedic Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-8649-1159

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De Quervain DiseaseHumansTreatment Outcomede Quervain’s tenosynovitisfirst dorsal compartment releaselongitudinal incisionmeta-analysissurgical treatmentsystematic reviewtransverse incision

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PMID41901671

DOI10.3390/medicina62030590

PMCPMC13027699

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