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ID 115822
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Trigger digit after corticosteroid injection
Author
Takahashi, Mitsuhiko Tokushima Prefectural Central Hospital|Tokushima University KAKEN Search Researchers
Kondo, Kenji Tokushima University
Keywords
Trigger finger disorder
Ultrasound
Tendons
Adrenal cortex hormones
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Journal Article
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to elucidate whether intrasynovial corticosteroid injections for trigger digit reduced the volume of the tendon and pulley on high-resolution ultrasonography.
Methods: Twenty-three digits of 20 patients with trigger digit were included. Each affected finger was graded clinically according to the following classification: grade I for pre-triggering, grade II for active triggering, grade III for passive triggering, and grade IV for presence of contracture. Axial ultrasound examinations were performed before an intrasynovial corticosteroid injection and at an average of 31 days after the injection. The transverse diameter, thickness, and cross-sectional area of the tendon and the thickness of the pulley were measured by two independent, blinded researchers.
Results: At least 1 grade of improvement was achieved in this study group by the time of the second examination. The transverse diameter and cross-sectional area of the tendon and the thickness of the pulley significantly decreased (P<0.05).
Conclusion: The injection of a single dose of betamethasone improved clinical symptoms by reducing the volume of both the tendon and pulley, which may be related to the fact that tendon and pulley ruptures are delayed by corticosteroid injections.
Journal Title
Ultrasonography
ISSN
22885919
22885943
Publisher
Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine
Volume
37
Issue
2
Start Page
134
End Page
139
Published Date
2017-07-25
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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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