Trigger finger is a common pathology in the hand. Patients suffer from pain and depending on which tasks, patients have difficulty to perform them. Its treatment in initial and less serious phases includes conservative measures, but failure of these may require releasing the trigger finger with surgery. The surgical technique performed for trigger finger is the opening of the A1 pulley, the skin incisions used for this surgery are various (transverse, longitudinal, oblique). Trigger finger surgery presents good results in terms of resolution, but complications may also occur. The reason for this study is to assess whether there are functional differences using the Dash scale when we perform a transverse or longitudinal incision in trigger finger surgery.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
36
Incision performed longitudinally
Incision performed transversally
Hospital Parc taulí
Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
RECRUITINGFunctional improvement of the patient after surgery
functional improvement of the patient after surgery, which will be assessed with the Dash scale, 1 being difficult while 5 being unable
Time frame: Immediately after surgery
Surgeon comfort
Ecellent, good, poor
Time frame: Immediately after surgery
Resolution
Presence or absence of engagment
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Flushed
Red or not red
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Pain feeling
EVA scale from 0 to 10, being 10 a lot of pain
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Contracture
Range of motion in degrees
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Infection
Septic signs such the area is red, hot, swelling or has drain pus
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Nerve injury
Allen test to evaluate correct circulation, the hand should turn white when pressing
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Return to work
How many weeks after surgery
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Reincorporation to activities
How many weeks after surgery
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
Sensitivity Test
In a scale from 0 to 10
Time frame: 1, 3 and 6 months
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