“We believe that open trigger finger surgery performed in the office is safe because of its low postoperative infection rate,” the authors wrote. “Anecdotally, the office setting is usually preferred ...

BOSTON — In this video, Richard Schaefer, MD, discusses a prospective study of provider and patient satisfaction with sutureless trigger finger release performed with ultrasound-guided assistance.

Peter H. Gott, M.D. Dear Dr. Gott: I get trigger finger. This is the third one I have gotten in the past two years. A cortisone shot does nothing, and surgery is the only thing that has helped me. The ...

“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

Trigger finger occurs due to inflammation of the tendons that flex your fingers, causing finger tenderness and pain. The condition limits your finger’s movement and can make it difficult to straighten ...

A viewer is asking what they can do to treat "trigger finger." Doctor Lacy Anderson has a few suggestions. Trigger finger is a condition that affects the tendons of the finger and thumb and results in ...

Trigger finger is a painful condition where the sheath that covers the tendon in a finger swells, causing friction between the tendon and sheath and resulting in snapping or locking of the finger. The ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I get trigger finger. This is the third one I have gotten in the past two years. A cortisone shot does nothing, and surgery is the only thing that has helped me. The episodes are very ...