Management of digital pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis: Single open debridement, irrigation, primary wound closure followed by antibiotic treatment

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00009895

Enrollment

Registered

2016-04-11

Start date

2016-03-02

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

L03.01

Interventions

Group 1: Retrospective study of patients in which a digital pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis was treated between 2011 and 2015 by single open debridement, irrigation, primary wound closure and subsequent

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All patients with acute pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis which were treated surgically between 01.01.2011 and 31.12.2015 are included in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: All patients who reject follow-up examination.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
DASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) score of all included patients	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Collection of following data of all included patients: Duration of postoperative antibiotic treatment, date of treatment completion, any occurred complications and / or other operations according to the digital pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis, documentation of satisfaction with the treatment outcome on a visual analogue scale (0 = completely dissatisfied to 10 = completely satisfied), investigation of the affected finger (scar, swelling, feeling of the fingertip, mobility of the affected finger after the range of motion).	—

Measure

Time frame

Collection of following data of all included patients: Duration of postoperative antibiotic treatment, date of treatment completion, any occurred complications and / or other operations according to the digital pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis, documentation of satisfaction with the treatment outcome on a visual analogue scale (0 = completely dissatisfied to 10 = completely satisfied), investigation of the affected finger (scar, swelling, feeling of the fingertip, mobility of the affected finger after the range of motion).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactBernd Hohendorff

Elbe Klinikum Stade Abteilung für Hand-, Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie

bernd.hohendorff@hotmail.com0049 – (0) 4141 – 97 2897

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026