RESEARCH - Comparison of the surgical outcomes for trigger finger and trigger thumb: prelimary results

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Hand Surg. 2005 Jul;10(1):83-6.

Comparison of the surgical outcomes for trigger finger and trigger

thumb: preliminary results.

Moriya K, Uchiyama T, Kawaji Y.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tachikawa General Hospital,

Nagaoka, Japan. kmoriya@...

We reviewed 110 trigger digits, treated surgically, to compare the

outcomes of trigger finger and trigger thumb in terms of

peri-operative characteristics and complications. The patients with

trigger thumb complained mainly of pain on motion, while those with

trigger finger complained of triggering or limited range of motion.

Trigger fingers had a significantly longer duration before surgery

than did trigger thumbs. Trigger fingers took significantly longer for

the symptoms to subside. In our series, 64% of trigger fingers had a

flexion contracture of the PIP joint more than three weeks after

surgery. Our results suggest that the peri-operative characteristics

and outcomes differ between trigger finger and thumb, and that the

surgical outcome for trigger finger was poorer than that for trigger

thumb, partly due to flexion contracture of the PIP joint.

PMID: 16106505

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16106505

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