The most often used English abbreviations in Surgery of the Hand:

ABC
aneurysmal bone cyst

AIN
anterior interosseous nerve

(anterior interosseous nerve) – branch of the median nerve

A1
A1 pulley

AOL
anterior oblique ligament

APL
abductor pollicis longus

ścięgno odwodziciel kciuka długi

patrz choroba deQuervaina

ASSH
American Society for Surgery of the Hand

AVNs
avascular necrosis

CIA
carpal instability adaptive

CIC
carpal instability complex lub carpal instability combined

CID
carpal instability dissociative

CIND
carpal instability non dissociative

CMC
carpometacarpal

CT
computer tomography

CTP
carpal tunnel pressure

CTR
carpal tunnel release

CTS
carpal tunnel syndrome

DCP
dynamic compression plate

DC 6
sixth dorsal compartment

DIP
distal interphalangeal

staw międzypaliczkowy dalszy

DISI
dorsal intercalated segment instability

DRUJ
distal radioulnar joint

ECRB
extensor carpi radialis brevis

ECU
extensor carpi ulnaris

ED
extensor digitorum

EDBM
extensor digitorum brevis manus

EDC
extensor digitorum communis

EDM
extensor digiti minimi

EF
external fixation

EMP
extensor digiti proprius

FBs
foreign Dobies

FDP
flexor digitorum profundus

FTS
flexor tenosynovectomy

GCTTS
giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath

HAVS
hand-arm vibration syndrome

HSAs
hospital service area

IF
internal fixation

IML
intermetacarpal ligemant

IOM
interosseous membrane

J
joint

JRA
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

JT
juncturae tendinum

K wire
Kirschner wire

MCP
metacarpophalangeal

MMT
manual muscle testing

MP
metacarpophalangeal

MRI
magnetic resonance imaging

NCV
nerve conduction velocity

NCVs
normal nerve conduction values

NIDDM
non—insulin dependent diabetes mellitus

NVCF
neurovascular cutaneous flap

OA
osteoarthritis

choroba zwyrodnieniowa

ODWG
occult dorsal wrist ganglion

OR
operation room

OT
operation theatre

OCTR
open carpal tunnel release

ORIF
open reduction internal fixation

PA
posteroanterior

P1
proxymal phalanx

PCB
palmar cutaneous branch

PCBMN
palmar cutaneous branch of median nerve

PIN
posterior interosseous nerve

PRC
proxymal row carpectomy

PT
pronator Teres

RDS
reflex sympathetic dystrophy

RTD
radial tunnel decompression

RTS
radial tunnel syndrome

SAM
short arc motion

SB
sagittal band

SBRN
superficial branch of the radial nerve

SEPs
somatosensory evoked potentials

SL
scapholunate

SLAC
scapholunate advanced collapsed

SLD
scapholunate dissociation

SPA
superficial palmar arch

SRN
superficial radial nerve

TAM
total active motion

TCL
transverse carpal ligament

T-III MC
trapezio-third metacarpal (ligament)

TF
trigger finger

TFCC
triangular fibrocartilage complex

TOS
thoracic outlet syndrome

TPM
total passive motion

TR
relaxation time

TS
tendon sheat

UCL
ulnar collateral ligament

UCTR
ultrasonographically assisted carpal tunnel release

UD
ulnar deviation

UN
ulnar nerve

VP
volar plate

VISI
palmar (volar)intercalated segmental instability