Percutaneous release, open surgery, or corticosteroid injection, which is the best treatment method for trigger digits?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1879-1886

  Wang, Jia ^a   Zhao, Jia Guo ^a   Liang, Cong Cong ^a  

^a TIANJIN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUBMED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879292022     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2716-6     Document Type: Review

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