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Treatment of trigger finger with located needle knife / 中国骨伤
China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology ; (12): 648-650, 2016.
Article in Chinese | WPRIM | ID: wpr-304284
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the clinical effects of located needle knife in the treatment of trigger finger.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical data of 133 patients(145 fingers) with trigger finger underwent treatment with located needle knife from September 2010 to March 2014 were retrospectively analyzed. There were 37 males(40 fingers) and 96 females (105 fingers), aged from 18 to 71 years old with a mean of 51.8 years. Course of disease was from 1 to 19 months with an average of 8.2 months. Affected fingers included 82 thumbs, 12 index fingers, 11 middle fingers, 36 ring fingers, and 4 little fingers. According to the standard of Quinnell grade, 42 fingers were grade III, 92 fingers were grade IV, and 11 fingers were grade V. Firstly the double pipe gab was put into the distal edge of hypertrophic tendon sheath, then small knife needle was used to release the sheath proximally along the tendon line direction. The informations of wound healing and nerve injury, postoperative finger function, finger pain at 6 months were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The operation time was from 8 to 25 min with an average of 9.8 min. All the patients were followed up from 6 to 26 months with an average of 12.5 months. No complications such as the wound inflammation and seepage, vascular or nerve injuries were found. According to the standard of Quinnell grade, 123 fingers got excellent results, 15 good, 7 poor.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>It's a good choice to treat trigger finger with located needle knife in advantage of minimal invasion, simple safe operation, and it should be promoted in clinic.</p>

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Language: Chinese Journal: China Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Year: 2016 Type: Article