What are the sequelae of tenosynovitis surgery?

What are the sequelae of tenosynovitis surgery?

Tenosynovitis is mainly caused by long-term use of the hands. As a common disease, it not only causes the tendon sheath to get stuck, but also causes pain. Most patients can consider conservative treatment or surgery. Although the success rate of surgery is relatively high, many people are left with sequelae due to unreasonable care after surgery.

1. Wound problems

The wound left by tenosynovitis surgery is not large. Generally speaking, the wound is easier to heal, but if the patient has diseases such as diabetes or malnutrition, it will affect the healing of the wound. Not only will it lead to slow healing, but also sequelae such as infection and tissue hyperplasia, which will eventually affect the beauty of the skin.

2. Decreased sensation

If the medical staff damages the nerves and blood vessels in the tendon sheath during the operation, it will cause local numbness after the operation, mainly the feeling of ant bites. The patient will also experience a decrease in local sensation, mainly manifested as insensitivity to cold, heat, pain, etc.

3. Muscle weakness

During the recovery period of tenosynovitis surgery, many patients do not pay attention to rehabilitation training, so the hands will produce disuse muscle atrophy due to long-term inactivity. It will not only cause the muscle volume to decrease, but also cause muscle weakness, such as being unable to lift heavy objects or work with more delicate hands.

4. Inflexibility

After the operation, if the patient does not engage in early activities due to fear of pain, it is easy to cause local joint stiffness and tendon adhesion, resulting in decreased flexibility of one or more fingers, making it impossible to engage in activities such as calligraphy, playing musical instruments, and painting.

Patients do not need to worry too much about the sequelae of tenosynovitis surgery, which is not completely unrecoverable. In order to promote the recovery of hand perception and improve muscle strength, patients need to receive regular treatment and local hot compresses, supplement the body's trace elements and dietary nutrition, take drugs to promote blood circulation strictly according to the doctor's advice, and actively carry out rehabilitation training.