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Trigger Finger Disorder (Finger, Snapping) Summary

Description: A painful disability in the hand affecting the finger or thumb. It is caused by mechanical impingement of the digital flexor tendons as they pass through a narrowed retinacular pulley at the level of the metacarpal head. Thickening of the sheath and fibrocartilaginous metaplasia can occur, and nodules can form. (From Green's Operative Hand Surgery, 5th ed, p2137-58).

Also Known As: Finger, Snapping; Fingers, Snapping; Trigger Thumb; Snapping Finger; Trigger Digits Show All >>

Networked: 34 relevant articles (6 outcomes, 8 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Trigger Finger Disorder

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Triamcinolone Acetonide (Azmacort) : 1 study in 4 results : FDA 135 Generic
  2. Triamcinolone (Aristocort) : 1 study in 2 results : FDA 27
  3. Diclofenac (SR 38) : 1 study in 1 result : FDA 39 Generic
  4. Dystelephalangy : 2 results : IBA
  5. Polyethylene (Polythene) : 1 result : IBA
  6. Steroids : 1 result : IBA
  7. Proteins (Proteins, Gene) : 1 result : IBA
  8. Lidocaine (Xylocaine) : 1 result : FDA 168 Generic
  9. Hyaluronic Acid (Hyaluronan) : 1 result : IBA
  10. Cortisone : 1 result : IBA
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Diseases Related to Trigger Finger Disorder

  1. Rupture
  2. Congenital Abnormalities (Deformity)
  3. Ganglion Cysts (Ganglion)
  4. Malunited Fractures
  5. Syndactyly (Polysyndactyly)
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Key Therapies for Trigger Finger Disorder

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  1. Injections : 3 outcomes 1 study in 11 results
  2. Splints : 2 outcomes 1 study in 4 results
  3. Massage (Reflexology) : 1 outcome in 1 result
  4. Needles : 2 studies in 2 results
  5. Subcutaneous Injections : 1 study in 1 result
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