Ultrasound-guided first annular pulley injection for trigger finger

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 737-743

  Bodor, Marko ^a   Flossman, Tiffany ^a  

^a Queen of the Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

First annular pulley; Injection; Triamcinolone acetonide; Trigger finger; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; BONE; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MEDICINE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PULLEYS; ULTRASONICS;

FOLLOW UP; INJECTION TECHNIQUES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENTS; PATIENT POPULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIGGER FINGERS; ULTRASOUND GUIDED;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

LIDOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNION BAND; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; TRIGGER FINGER; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 66449126593     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2009.28.6.737     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Akhtar S, Bradley MJ, Quinton DN, Burke FD. Management and referral for trigger finger/thumb. BMJ 2005; 331:30-33.
2. Wilhelmi BJ, Snyder N IV, Verbesey JE, Ganchi PA, Lee WP. Trigger finger release with hand surface landmark ratios: an anatomic and clinical study. Plast Reconstr Surg 2001; 108:908-915.
3. Serafini G, Derchi LE, Quadri P, et al. High resolution sonography of the flexor tendons in trigger fingers. J Ultrasound Med 1996; 15:213-219.
4. Fleisch SB, Spindler KP, Lee DH. Corticosteroid injections in the treatment of trigger finger: a level I and II systematic review. J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2007; 15:166-171.
5. Freiberg A, Mulholland RS, Levine R. Nonoperative treatment of trigger fingers and thumbs. J Hand Surg [Am] 1989; 14:553-558.
6. Lambert MA, Morton RJ, Sloan JP. Controlled study of the use of local steroid injection in the treatment of trigger finger and thumb. J Hand Surg [Br] 1992; 17:69-70.
7. Murphy D, Failla JM, Koniuch MP. Steroid versus placebo injection for trigger finger (published erratum appears in J Hand Surg [Am] 1995; 20:1075). J Hand Surg [Am] 1995; 20:628-631.
8. Maneerit J, Sriworakun C, Budhraja N, Nagavajara P. Trigger thumb: results of a prospective randomised study of percutaneous release with steroid injection versus steroid injection alone. J Hand Surg [Br] 2003; 28:586-589.
9. Taras JS, Raphael JS, Pan WT, Movagharnia F, Sotereanos DG. Corticosteroid injections for trigger digits: is intrasheath injection necessary? J Hand Surg [Am] 1998; 23:717-722.
10. Peters-Veluthamaningal C, Winters JC, Groenier KH, Meyboom-de Jong B. Corticosteroid injections effective for trigger finger in adults in general practice: a double-blinded randomized placebo controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:1262-1266.
11. Godey SK, Bhatti WA, Watson JS, Bayat A. A technique for accurate and safe injection of steroid in trigger digits using ultrasound guidance. Acta Orthop Belg 2006; 72:633-634.
12. Kamhin M, Engel J, Heim M. The fate of injected trigger fingers. Hand 1983; 15:218-220.
13. Quinnell RC. Conservative management of trigger finger. Practitioner 1980; 24:187-190.
14. Sbernardori MC, Bandiera P. Histopathology of the A1 pulley in adult trigger fingers. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2007; 32:556-559.