Hand: Tendon

Trigger Thumb in Children: Results of Surgical Treatment in Children Above 5 Years of Age

Han SH, Yoon HK, Shin DE, et al (CHA Univ, Seongnam, Korea) J Pediatr Orthop 30:710-714, 2010^§

Abstract

Background

There have been debates about the results of surgical treatment in older children, even though many studies showed excellent results in pediatric trigger thumb. The objective of this study was to identify the possible problems or complications related to the delayed surgery for trigger thumb in children. Authors clinically reexamined the patients who had undergone A1 pulley release above the age of 5 years and analyzed the results of surgical treatment.

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