Surgical Release of Ai Pulley Trigger Finger
Conditions
Brief summary
In this randomized, prospective clinical trial, patients with trigger finger or trigger thumb, will be treated with two different methods; ultrasound-guided release of the first annular pulley or open surgical release of A1 pulley. Results will be compared regarding functional, clinical and cosmetic outcome.
Interventions
PROCEDURESurgical release A1 pulley for Trigger finger of the hand
Sponsors
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with resistant -after conservative treatment- trigger finger or trigger thumb, suffering at least for 3 months.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients under 18 years old, these who were treated with a previous operation or a corticosteroid injection for their disease and those who were suffering by inflammatory arthritis, tumor or autoimmune disease. * Patients with multiple trigger fingers
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Resolution of triggering expressed as the success rate per digit. | 12 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The time for taking postoperative pain killers | 12 weeks |
| Range of motion recovery | 12 weeks |
| QuickDASH test scores (Greek version) | 12 weeks |
| Time to return to normal activities (including work) | 12 weeks |
| Cosmetic results | 12 weeks |
Outcome results
None listed