Table 2.
Incidence of septation in studies of de Quervain’s tenosynovitis
| Study | Type of study | Septum/wrist* | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alemohammad et al. [1] | CD/CS | 18/19:102/143 | 20:71 |
| Bahm et al. [3] | CS | 42/70 | 60 |
| Giles [7] | CD | 27/50 | 54 |
| Gonzalaez et al. [8] | CD | 31/66 | 45 |
| Jackson et al. [13] | CD/CS | 120/300:27/40 | 40:67 |
| Jeyapalan and Choudhary [14] | US | 10/17 | 56 |
| Kwon et al. [17] | US | 19/43 | 44 |
| Leslie et al. [20] | CD | 34/100 | 34 |
| Mahakkanukrauh and Mahakkanukrauh [22] | CD | 155/200 | 77.5 |
| Minamikawa et al. [24] | CD | 53/71 | 75 |
| Mirzanli et al. [25] | CD | 42/150 | 28 |
| Visuthikosol and Chanyasawat [34] | CS | 38/42 | 90 |
| Yuasa and Kiyoshige [36] | CS | 16/22 | 73 |
| Witt et al. [37] | CS | 22/30 | 73 |
| Current study | US/CS | 22/42:3/3 | 52:100 |
* Number of wrists with septums identified in the first dorsal compartment versus total number of wrists studied; CD = cadaveric series; CS = clinical series; US = ultrasound series.