Core Em Podcast

This week we discuss the uncommon but must make diagnosis of flexor tenosynovitis https://media.blubrry.com/coreem/content.blubrry.com/coreem/Podcast_Episode_126_0_Final_Cut.m4a Download Leave a Comment Tags: Hand, Kanavel Signs, Orthopedics, Soft Tissue Infections Show Notes Take Home Points Think about flexor tenosynovitis in a patient with atraumatic finger pain.  They may have any combination of these signs: Tenderness along the course of the flexor tendon Symmetrical swelling of the finger – often called the sausage digit Pain on passive extension of the finger and Patient holds the finger in a flex position at rest for increased comfort Give antibiotics to cover staph, strep and possibly gram negatives. Get your surgeon to see the patient, while we can get th