为何建议进行此手术¶
Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton 的上肢外科医生 Kieran Hirpara 医生,会根据您的病情,从创伤最小的治疗方案开始。急性甲沟炎是指指甲旁或指甲下皮肤组织的感染。通常表现为发红、发热、肿胀及明显压痛。早期感染可能仅通过抗生素治疗即可痊愈。较严重的感染则需要切开引流,即做一个小切口以排出脓液。对于无高危因素的简单病例,术后通常无需使用抗生素。
患者通常由其全科医生(GP)转诊至我们的诊所;如果理疗师建议您就诊,您仍需获得全科医生的转诊,方有资格享受 Medicare 报销。我们将评估您的病史,检查您的手指,并在必要时安排影像学检查。如果感染已积聚脓液,或在服用抗生素片剂期间病情持续恶化,我们通常会建议进行引流。我们的目标是迅速缓解疼痛,并阻止感染向手指深部扩散,以免损伤肌腱或骨骼。在实施任何治疗前,我们会与您详细沟通治疗方案。
术前¶
大部分准备工作都很简单。手术前七小时需禁食禁水。我们要求七小时而非六小时,以便在手术室手术安排提前时能让您提前上台。您的外科医生会告知您当天需停用哪些常规药物,携带一份您正在服用的所有药物的书面清单会有所帮助。请安排他人在术后送您回家,并穿着宽松舒适的衣物。可能会使用X线、超声或磁共振成像等影像学检查来规划手术。如果您有其他基础疾病,可能需要进行血液检查或由麻醉师评估,但大多数人无需进行这两项检查。
手术当日¶
您将抵达医院的手术入院单元,在此办理入院手续并进行术前准备。随后,您将与麻醉师会面,麻醉师负责在手术期间让您进入睡眠状态并确保您的安全。本手术在全身麻醉下进行。有时,为缓解术后疼痛,会额外实施区域神经阻滞;麻醉师将在手术当日就此与您讨论。
之后,您将被带入手术室进行手术。手术结束后,您将在复苏区苏醒。在麻醉药效消退期间,护士将全程陪伴您。待您的生命体征平稳后,根据手术类型及您的恢复情况,您将被转入病房或于当日出院。
手术内容¶
手术的目的很简单:在指甲旁或指甲下方做一个小开口,以便脓液排出并消除压力。外科医生会在指甲旁的皮肤上做一个小切口,位于感染积聚的部位。脓液被释放出来,该空间被冲洗干净。大多数人在此操作后不久就会感到搏动性疼痛得到缓解。
打开该空间的方法不止一种,也没有单一公认的技术。您的外科医生会选择适合您手指的方法。如果感染已扩散到指甲另一侧的皮肤褶皱处,可能会采用一种同时处理两侧甲沟的技术。如果脓液积聚在指甲板下方,可能会在指甲上做一个小开口以使其排出。
如果感染更为严重,或在指甲边缘形成了增厚、结节状的组织,您的外科医生可能会切除该组织,以便该区域能够稳定并干净地愈合。切口通常保持开放或轻微缝合,以便任何残留的感染能够排出,并在手指上放置敷料。您将带着该敷料回家。
对于没有风险因素的简单感染,引流后通常不需要抗生素。如果您的感染较为复杂,您的外科医生可能会在术后开具一个疗程的抗生素片剂,以帮助彻底清除感染。
术后¶
您将在复苏区苏醒,麻醉消退期间护士会全程陪护。您的手指会包扎敷料,若使用了神经阻滞,可能会出现麻木感。我们会安排镇痛措施,确保您舒适。感觉平稳后即可下床活动,并在敷料限制范围内轻柔使用手部。回家后,前24小时需有人陪同。医疗团队会告知您是当天回家还是住院一晚。敷料通常保留约10天;除非我们告知,否则请勿提前拆除。复诊时我们会更换或拆除敷料。
恢复¶
导致您就诊的搏动性疼痛通常在脓液引流后会迅速缓解。手指在一段时间内仍会感到压痛和肿胀,指甲旁边的皮肤在愈合过程中可能呈现红色。休息时将手垫高放在枕头上有助于减轻肿胀。我们为您安排的止痛措施将在恢复期间保持您的舒适。
您将带着敷料回家,我们会让敷料保留约 10 天。请勿自行拆除;我们会在复诊时为您更换或拆除。在此之前,请在敷料允许的范围内轻柔地使用手部。保持清洁和干燥。您可以完成家中大多数轻度的日常事务,但避免浸泡手指,并避免任何撞击或挤压正在愈合的甲沟的动作。
敷料拆除后,目标是让手指恢复正常的活动和功能。您术后的康复由 Extend Rehabilitation 的 Ruby Doolan 负责。Ruby 是一名手部治疗师:她将指导您的锻炼,并为您制作任何所需的夹板。她可能会向您展示温和的拉伸和强化练习,以防止手指在愈合过程中僵硬。随着肿胀消退和运动功能恢复,您可以逐渐增加手部的活动量。一旦您能够无痛地抓握和捏取,大多数日常活动便会感觉恢复正常。
恢复情况因人而异。您的时间线可能有所不同,您的外科医生和治疗师将在整个过程中为您提供指导。
可能出现的并发症¶
大多数患者恢复良好,但偶尔可能出现并发症。您的外科医生和医疗团队会密切监测您的状况,以便尽早发现任何问题。
针对此类感染,主要担忧是其持续存在或复发。如果指甲旁的肿胀、发红和压痛未消退,或在治疗后加重,感染可能向深部蔓延。随着时间推移,感染可能侵蚀至手指的小关节。您可能会注意到疼痛感比之前更深,手指在剧烈疼痛下无法弯曲,或关节外观肿胀且触感发热。如果您注意到其中任何症状,请致电诊所,而不是等待下次就诊。
愈合不良和就医延迟会增加这种情况发生的可能性。如果伤口未按预期愈合,或您曾推迟接受治疗,请在下次复查时告知我们,以便我们进行适当检查。
在愈合期间保持手指清洁至关重要。良好的手部卫生有助于皮肤恢复,并降低感染复发的风险。如果您不确定拆除外敷料后如何护理手指,请在复查时询问我们,我们将向您演示。
部分指甲感染是由单纯疱疹病毒(引起口唇疱疹的病毒)而非细菌引起的,这些感染有时也会形成脓液积聚。如果您属于这种情况,引流仍然是治疗方法。您可能担心病毒日后会复发或在手指中造成持久问题。在此类病例中,长期随访的患者未出现病毒复发,且引流本身未导致持久问题。如果您在愈合后注意到指甲附近出现新的水疱或小的压痛点,请在复查时提出。
本页的并发症表列出了典型发生率,如果您想了解具体数据,可参考该表。
何时联系我们¶
如果您出现发热,或手指的红肿或渗出液加重,或疼痛突然变得剧烈,请致电我们。如果您出现小腿肿胀、呼吸困难、手指感觉丧失或手指无法活动,请立即前往急诊。这些症状需要立即检查。如果手指出现让您担忧的情况且不在诊所工作时间,请前往最近的急诊部门,不要等待。
Evidence & references
This is the clinical evidence summary written for health professionals. It is technical, and it lists the research this page was built from. You do not need to read it to understand your treatment or to make a decision about it.
Anatomy & Pathophysiology¶
General Hand Architecture¶
- The hand is composed of 19 bones, 17 articulations, and 19 muscles situated entirely within the hand [2].
- The hand contains approximately the same number of tendons activated by the forearm muscles as it has intrinsic muscles [2].
- The open hand forms a balanced graceful oval in its longitudinal axis when fingers are extended and in contact [2].
- The proximal carpometacarpal half of the hand is flattened and presents two faces with unique anatomical and functional significance [2].
- The posterior or dorsal aspect of the hand is convex, while the anterior, palmar, or volar aspect is concave [2].
- The distal half of the hand is separated into five digits that flex toward the palm [2].
- The digits converge in closing by flexing and adducting, and diverge in opening by extending and abducting [2].
- The thumb has a more proximal and lateral position than the other digits, allowing movement inward and outward from the palm [2].
- The four fingers are the distal extension of the carpometacarpal part of the hand [2].
- The hinges for finger movement are located at the thenar crease and at the transverse distal palmar crease, not at the bases of the digits [2].
- When fingers are extended and separated, their tips lie on the circumference of a circle whose center is the head of the third metacarpal [2].
Cutaneous Units and Skin¶
- The dorsal covering of the interphalangeal articulations of the digits forms a unique cutaneous unit characterized by a considerable excess of skin when the digits are in extension [3].
- The dorsal integument of the distal phalanx is distinct due to the presence of the nail bed with its matrix [3].
- The palm forms a cutaneous unit extending from the distal transverse crease of the wrist up to the transverse crease at the base of the digits [3].
- The palmar integument is subdivided into two separate zones by the oppositional crease of the thumb, which constitutes the oblique axis of the hand [3].
- The skin of the radial portion of the palm covers the thenar eminence and the external part of the palm and is relatively well vascularized and mobile [3].
- The skin of the ulnar and distal portion covers the hypothenar eminence, where the skin has poor mobility [3].
- The central triangular part of the palm has fixed and poorly vascularized skin that covers almost directly the superficial palmar aponeurosis [3].
- The integument of the palmar face of the digits is subdivided into phalangeal units separated by digital flexion folds [3].
- When a digit is completely flexed, the integument of adjacent phalanges comes into contact in the zones of the flexion creases, establishing areas of cutaneous contact in the form of a diamond [3].
- The sides of the diamond-shaped cutaneous contact zones do not undergo variations in length during movements of flexion and extension [3].
- Incisions made along the lines of the diamond-shaped cutaneous contact zones present a minimal chance of retraction [3].
- The web spaces are formed from the union of two nonsymmetrical cutaneous surfaces [3].
- The dorsal slope of the web space has a gradual incline and its supple skin is not adherent to the subjacent region [3].
- The palmar surface of the web space is flat and precipitously interrupted, with skin densely adherent to the commissural skeleton [3].
- The commissural skeleton is formed by the interdigital palmar (natatory) ligament between the fingers and by the distal transverse ligament at the level of the thumb web [3].
Muscular Anatomy¶
- There are seven interosseous muscles in the hand, consisting of four dorsal and three volar muscles [4].
- The dorsal interossei are abductors [4].
- The anatomic axis of the hand coincides with the axis of the third metacarpal [4].
- The dorsal interossei lie to the radial side of the index and middle fingers and the ulnar side of the middle and ring fingers [4].
- The little finger is abducted by the abductor digiti quinti [4].
- The volar interossei are adductors [4].
- The volar interossei lie to the ulnar side of the index finger and the radial side of the ring and little fingers [4].
- The middle finger has two dorsal interossei (abductors) and no volar interossei (adductors) because the central axis of the hand lies within it [4].
- Each dorsal interosseous muscle, with the exception of the third, has two muscle heads [4].
- The superficial head of the dorsal interosseous muscles arises most dorsally from the shaft of the contiguous metacarpals [4].
- The superficial head is inserted deeply by a medial tendon onto the lateral tubercle of the base of the proximal phalanx [4].
- The superficial head abducts and weakly flexes the proximal phalanx [4].
- The superficial head has no direct effect on the middle or distal phalanges [4].
- The deep head of each dorsal interosseous muscle forms a lateral tendon, or lateral band, at the level of the MP joint [4].
- The deep head flexes and weakly abducts the proximal phalanx while extending the middle and distal phalanges [4].
- At the level of the middle of the proximal phalanx, transverse fibers arch dorsally from each lateral band to join each other over the dorsum of the finger [4].
- These transverse fibers flex the proximal phalanx [4].
- Oblique fibers (spiral fibers) from the lateral bands sweep over the distal third of the proximal phalanx to insert onto the lateral tubercles at the base of the middle phalanx [4].
- The oblique fibers extend the middle phalanx at the PIP joint [4].
- The lateral bands are joined by the lateral slips of the extensor tendon to form the conjoined lateral band [4].
- The two conjoined lateral bands to each finger unite at the distal third of the middle phalanx to form the terminal tendon [4].
- The terminal tendon inserts at the base of the distal phalanx to extend it [4].
- The flexor digiti quinti brevis is structurally and functionally similar to the deep head of the dorsal interossei [4].
- The flexor digiti quinti brevis forms the ulnar lateral band of the little finger [4].
- Each volar interosseous muscle has only one muscle head [4].
- None of the volar interossei insert onto the proximal phalanx [4].
- The volar interossei form the ulnar lateral band of the index finger and the radial lateral band of the ring and little fingers [4].
- The abductor digiti quinti and flexor digiti quinti brevis arise from the fifth metacarpal [4].
- The abductor digiti quinti inserts onto the ulnar lateral tubercle at the base of the proximal phalanx of the little finger [4].
- The flexor digiti quinti forms the ulnar lateral band [4].
- The opponens digiti quinti lies deepest among the hypothenar muscles [4].
- The opponens digiti quinti arises from the pisohamate ligament and the hook of the hamate [4].
- The opponens digiti quinti inserts onto the ulnar side of the diaphysis of the fifth metacarpal [4].
- The opponens digiti quinti flexes and supinates the fifth metacarpal [4].
Vascular Anatomy¶
- The arteries of the thumb vary in both size and number [8].
- The palmar aspect of the thumb can be schematized into three segments defined by the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal flexion creases [8].
- In the classical layout, the "princeps pollicis" artery is the terminal branch of the radial artery [8].
- The "princeps pollicis" artery crosses the first intermetacarpal space [8].
- The "princeps pollicis" artery runs along the ulnar side of the first metacarpal bone and along the volar surface of the adductor muscle [8].
- The "princeps pollicis" artery emerges onto the subcutaneous palmar tissue at the level of the cutaneous flexion crease of the metacarpophalangeal joint [8].
- At the level of the metacarpophalangeal joint crease, the "princeps pollicis" artery divides into two terminal rami, namely the collateral palmar arteries of the thumb [8].
- The collateral palmar arteries of the thumb run along the digital tunnel symmetrically and are of equal caliber [8].
- The collateral palmar arteries head distally to finally unite in the pulp arcade [8].
- During their transit in the digital tunnel, the collateral palmar arteries break off into numerous collateral branches, either cutaneous, articular, or osseous [8].
- An arcade located deep in the flexor tendon joins together the two arteries at the level of the distal metaphysis of the first phalanx [8].
- Vessels originating from this arcade enter the "vincula" and irrigate the flexor tendon [8].
- Only 15% of anatomical dissections fall into the category of the classical description of the palmar arteries of the thumb [8].
- In the first segment of the thumb (between the opposition crease and the metacarpophalangeal flexion crease), it is rare to find arteries of surgical interest on the volar surface [8].
- The artery in the first segment is located deeply and is more easily accessible from the dorsal surface [8].
- In the second segment, the two arteries run alongside the flexor tendon and behind the collateral nerves [8].
- In the second segment, the main artery is the ulnar collateral artery [8].
- The subtendinous anastomosis situated at the level of the neck of the first phalanx acts as a "moderator" between the two arteries in the second segment [8].
- In cases where the palmar ulnar collateral artery is absent, the dorsal artery takes its place by means of a branch through the subtendinous arcade [8].
- In the third segment (pulp segment), the two arteries are of similar size and run through the thick fatty subcutaneous padding [8].
- In the pulp segment, the arteries cross over and convert into the ends of the digital nerves at the level of the median axis [8].
- The posterior area of the thumb is vascularized by two arteries which originate from the palmar arteries at the level of the first metacarpal [8].
- These dorsal arteries run laterally along the metacarpophalangeal joint and continue obliquely from volar to dorsal [8].
- At the level of the neck of the first phalanx, an anastomosis can be found which originates from the palmar arteries for the dorsal aspect [8].
- The dorsal arteries are joined by three arcades: one inconstant arcade located under the extensor tendon at the level of the neck of the first phalanx, the arcade of the nail matrix, and the arcade of the nailbed [8].
- The ulnar dorso-collateral artery generally stems from the "princeps pollicis" onto the medial border of the neck of the first metacarpal [8].
Skeletal and Ligamentous Architecture¶
- The metacarpal arch is endowed with a great deal of adaptability because of the mobility of the peripheral metacarpals [7].
- The peripheral metacarpals form the sides of the cup or the palmar gutter and can deepen the concavity as they approach each other [7].
- The thumb metacarpal is independent and articulates with the trapezium [7].
- The middle metacarpals are united to the carpus by the intrinsic interlocking encasement of the bones themselves [7].
- The index metacarpal is the most firmly fixed [7].
- The ring metacarpal is a transitional element to the fifth metacarpal and has about 10 degrees of mobility in flexion and extension [7].
- The fifth metacarpal is semi-independent and articulates with the hamate [7].
- The fifth metacarpal is restrained on its radial side by its articulation with the base of the fourth metacarpal [7].
- The fifth metacarpal has a range of flexion–extension of approximately 20 degrees [7].
- The second to fifth metacarpals are all bound together by various fibrous structures [7].
- The most distal fibrous structure binding the second to fifth metacarpals is the deep transverse intermetacarpal ligament [7].
- The deep transverse intermetacarpal ligament is better named the interglenoid ligament [7].
- The interglenoid ligament ties together the anterior "glenoid ligaments" of the metacarpophalangeal articulations, known as the "volar plates" [7].
- The longitudinal arches are composed of a fixed portion, the carpometacarpal, and a mobile portion, the digits [7].
- For every ray there is a longitudinal arch [7].
- The keystones of the longitudinal arches are the metacarpophalangeal articulations [7].
- The thick anterior glenoid capsules, the volar plates, prevent hyperextension at the metacarpophalangeal joints [7].
- The volar plates are interconnected by the transverse interglenoid ligament [7].
- The stability of the metacarpophalangeal joints is essential to the support of the longitudinal arch as well as of the transverse metacarpal arch [7].
- The five rays of the hand differ in mobility and independence [7].
- Mobility and independence are considerable for the thumb, much less for the fifth ray, and even less for the others [7].
- The index ray has a certain degree of independence at the phalangeal level, owing to the arrangement of its flexor and extensor muscles [7].
Investigations¶
- A careful physical examination is essential to direct care and future testing if indicated [1].
- Diagnostic tests such as imaging and serum laboratory studies can be expensive, time consuming, and often nonspecific [1].
- An 8-MHz Doppler tone assessment may be used to identify superficially displaced neurovascular bundles when Dupuytren cords lie beneath soft fleshy prominences [11].
- False-negatives are possible with 8-MHz Doppler tone assessment [11].
- MRI is probably most useful in identifying additional pathology such as flexor tendon bowstringing [11].
- MRI may be helpful in providing a quantitative noninvasive measure of cellularity of affected areas, which is an index of biologic activity [11].
References¶
[1] Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 13 Ebook Without Multimedia. Anatomy, Evaluation, Clinical Examination, and Imaging > Evaluation and Clinical Examination: Current Concepts.
[2] Exam Of The Hand Wrist 2Ed. INTRODUCTION.
[3] Exam Of The Hand Wrist 2Ed. Functional cutaneous units.
[4] Green S Operative Hand Surgery. Interosseous and Hypothenar Muscles.
[7] Exam Of The Hand Wrist 2Ed. The arches of the hand > The metacarpal arch.
[8] Exam Of The Hand Wrist 2Ed. Techniques of investigation of the arterial supply by J P Melki > Vascularization of the thumb > Palmar aspect.
[11] Dupuytren S Disease And Related Hyperproliferative Disorders. 54. The Future of Dupuytren’s Research and Treatment > 54.4 Mechanical Measurements and Procedures > 54.4.4 Imaging.
