Surgical Release of Trigger Thumb in Pediatrics

The treatment of trigger thumb in children: conservative or surgical?

The trigger thumb is an uncommon condition in infants and children which occurs due to pathology of flexor pollicis longus or A1 pulley. The objectives in our study were to determine the treatment outcome of trigger thumb. The study included total of 45 patients (24 males and 21 females) with trigger thumb. The mean age of onset was 28.5 months (3 months -7 years). There was overall success rat...

Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation of Trigger Thumb and Finger

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of surgical treatment and rehabilitation of patients with trigger thumb and finger. In 40 patients, comprising 30 women and 10 men aged 26 to 64, a total of 42 cases of trigger thumb and finger. In the preoperative period, the severity of changes were studied according to the classification developed by Newport et al. Five patients were classifie...

Open versus percutaneous release for the treatment of trigger thumb.

The purpose of this retrospective study was to compare the outcomes and complications of conventional open surgical release and percutaneous needle release in the treatment of trigger thumb. The study comprised 87 patients with trigger thumb who were treated with either open pulley (n=52) or percutaneous (n=32) release between 2008 and 2011. All patients were reevaluated at a mean follow-up of ...

Trigger thumb in infancy.

Bilateral trigger thumb in infants.

'Trigger thumb' or 'snapping thumb' in infants is a curious digital restriction in the very young and perhaps is best referred to as a tendovaginitis stenosans of the sheath of the flexor hallucis longus muscle as it is found in infants. The characteristic feature of this condition is the sudden overcoming of involuntary resistance occurring in the normal range of movement of the interphalangea...