Ultrasound Guided A1 Pulley Release For The Treatment of Trigger Finger

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3; Phase 2

Conditions: Surgical Release of Ai Pulley Trigger Finger

Treatments: Procedure: Surgical release A1 pulley for Trigger finger of the hand

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02830672

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Details and patient eligibility

About

In this randomized, prospective clinical trial, patients with trigger finger or trigger thumb, will be treated with two different methods; ultrasound-guided release of the first annular pulley or open surgical release of A1 pulley. Results will be compared regarding functional, clinical and cosmetic outcome.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with resistant -after conservative treatment- trigger finger or trigger thumb, suffering at least for 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under 18 years old, these who were treated with a previous operation or a corticosteroid injection for their disease and those who were suffering by inflammatory arthritis, tumor or autoimmune disease.
• Patients with multiple trigger fingers

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Open surgical release A1 Pulley

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgical release A1 pulley for Trigger finger of the hand

Ultrasound guided close release A1 pulley

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Surgical release A1 pulley for Trigger finger of the hand