The efficacy of steroid injection in the treatment of trigger finger

Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 263-268

  Dala Ali, Benan M ^a   Nakhdjevani, Amir ^a   Lloyd, Mary A ^a   Schreuder, Frederik B ^a  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digit; Nodule; Steroid injections; Trigger finger

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THUMB; TRIGGER FINGER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 84870015950     PISSN: 2005291X     EISSN: 20054408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4055/cios.2012.4.4.263     Document Type: Article

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