Trigger thumbs in children: a follow-up study of 37 children below 15 years of age.
37 patients who had been operated upon for trigger thumb, all below 15 years of age, have been reviewed. 75% of the affected thumbs were on the dominant hand and 25% have bow-stringing of 1-2 mm. without any complaints. All had good results. Unlike other authors, we found that operation done after the third year of age gave full correction of the flexion contracture.
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kolding Hospital, Denmark.
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors