Treatment of trigger finger: Randomized clinical trial comparing the methods of corticosteroid injection, percutaneous release and open surgery

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Sato, Edson S ^a   Gomes dos santos, João B ^a   Belloti, João C ^a   Albertoni, Walter M ^a   Faloppa, Flavio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Controlled clinical trial; Operative surgical procedure; Randomized controlled trial; Snapping finger; Stenosing tenosynovitis; Tendon entrapment; Tendon release; Trigger digits; Trigger finger disorder; Trigger thumb

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIGGER FINGER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855168724     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker315     Document Type: Article

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