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Trigger Finger? Just Shoot!
Article in Journal of primary care & community health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06476977 (Trigger Finger Corticosteroid Injection Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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Trigger Finger Corticosteroid Injection Pain: Palmar Injection Versus Dorsal Intrasynovial (Transthecal) Injection
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of percutaneous release versus steroid injection among adults with trigger fingers: a randomized clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- An Anatomical Study to Ensure Precise Percutaneous Release of the Annular Pulley in the Trigger Finger.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2026Article
- Comparison of Open and Percutaneous Treatment in Trigger Finger: A Retrospective Analysis of Functional Results and Cost-Effectiveness.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Management of Stenosing Tenosynovitis With the Eastwood Technique: Handling, Advantages, and Disadvantages.Cureus · 2025Article
- Epidemiology of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Trigger Finger in South Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.Clinics in orthopedic surgery · 2024Article
- Triggering, clicking, locking and crepitus of the finger: A comprehensive overview.World journal of orthopedics · 2023Review
- National Benchmarks for the Efficacy of Trigger Finger and the Risk Factors Associated With Failure.Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews · 2023Article
- Reduced Pain and Improved Quality of Life After Laser Acupuncture Therapy for Trigger Finger.Medical acupuncture · 2022Article
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- Corticosteroid injection treatment for dactylitis in psoriatic arthritis.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2021Review
- Injecting the Trigger Finger: Target (With Ultrasound), Then Shoot!Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
Trigger finger is a common condition usually curable by a safe, simple corticosteroid injection. Trigger finger results from a stenotic A1 pulley that has lost its gliding surface producing friction and nodular change in the tendon. This results in pain and tenderness to palpation of the A1 pulley, progressing to catching and then locking. Splinting for 6 to 9 weeks produces gradual improvement in most patients as does a quick steroid injection with the latter resulting in resolution of pain in days and resolution of catching or locking in a few weeks. Percutaneous or open release should be reserved for injection failures particularly those at high risk for continued injection failure including diabetics and those with multiple trigger fingers. We present a step-by-step method for injection with illustrations to encourage primary care providers to offer this easily performed procedure to their patients.
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