Trigger Thumb: Workup

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Further Reading

Related eMedicine topics

Trigger Finger (Orthopedic Surgery)

Trigger Finger (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Tenosynovitis (Emergency Medicine)

Fingers and Thumb, Trauma

Clinical guidelines

Trigger Finger (Stenosing Tenosynovitis).
American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Accessed October 22, 2008.

Trigger Finger.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Accessed October 22, 2008.

Clinical trial

Study Comparing One Versus Two Cortisone Injections for Trigger Finger

Keywords

trigger thumb, trigger finger, trigger finger rehabilitation, tenosynovitis, stenosing tenosynovitis, stenosing tendovaginitis, thumb pain, locked thumb, idiopathic trigger thumb, congenital trigger thumb, pediatric trigger thumb

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David R Steinberg, MD, Director of Hand Fellowship, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System
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Joseph E Sheppard, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopedic Surgery, Chief of Hand and Upper Extremity Service, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, University Physicians Healthcare
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