De Quervain disease
De Quervain disease: first dorsal compartment stenosing tendinopathy, history, diagnosis, Finkelstein/Eichhoff tests and treatment.
Category Orthopaedics
Finkelstein Test
Finkelstein test: original manoeuvre for de Quervain disease, Eichhoff confusion, false positives, Brunelli and WHAT variants.
Alfred Velpeau
Alfred Velpeau (1795-1867), French surgeon and anatomist. Velpeau bandage, projection, quadrilateral space, and leukaemia
Hoffmann-Tinel sign
Hoffmann-Tinel sign is paresthesia in the distal cutaneous distribution of an injured peripheral nerve evoked by tapping on the nerve more proximally.
CT Case 105
A 69 year old male presents with two days of atraumatic progressively worsening neck and scalp pain. Interpret the CT c-spine
CT Case 104
A 45 year old female presents with shoulder pain following a seizure. Describe and interpret the CT scan of her left shoulder
Charles Pravaz
Charles Gabriel Pravaz (1791–1853). French orthopaedic surgeon developed the Pravaz syringe, an early controlled injection device for aneurysm treatment.
George Phalen
George Phalen (1911–1998), American hand surgeon known for the Phalen test and his defining work on carpal tunnel syndrome.
Paul Hoffmann
Paul Hoffmann (1884-1962), German neurophysiologist. Hoffmann-Tinel sign to assess nerve regeneration and Hoffmann reflex
Jules Tinel
Jules Tinel (1879–1952), French neurologist remembered for Tinel sign, nerve regeneration research and early work on phaeochromocytoma.
John Durkan
John A. Durkan, American orthopaedic surgeon linked with the Durkan test and CTS gauge for diagnosing carpal tunnel syndrome.
Harry Finkelstein
Harry Finkelstein (1883 – 1975) was an American Surgeon. Eponym - Finkelstein's Test (Modified Eichhoff test) to confirm De Quervain’s tenosynovitis