The operative technique used a portion of the abductor pollicis longus as a sling, with specific modifications similar to those described by Sigfusson and Lundborg. [17] This is shown ...

De Quervain tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb. Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis ...

Two of these tendons, the extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) and the abductor pollicis longus (APL), help spread and extend the thumb away from the rest of the hand.

De Quervain's disease, a form of stenosing tenosynovitis, predominantly affects the tendons within the first dorsal compartment of the wrist, namely the abductor pollicis longus and extensor ...