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Phalanx injection technique:A less painful and effective method of treating trigger finger

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August 2014

Phalanx injection technique:A less painful and effective method of treating trigger finger

Vol: 3| Issue: 8| Number:19| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Proximal phalanx injection for trigger finger: randomized controlled trial

Hand Surg. 2011;16(3):313-7

Contributing Authors:
K Pataradool T Buranapuntaruk

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40 patients, greater than 18 years of age, with primary trigger finger were randomized into one of two treatment groups to receive different steroid injection techniques to see the overall effectiveness of each. Patients in one group received injection through the conventional technique (over the metacarpal head), while those in the second group received an injection using the midproximal phalanx ...

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