title: The treatment outcome of trigger thumb in children.
abstract: Our objectives were to determine the treatment outcome of trigger thumb and to identify its possible cause. One hundred and thirty-eight thumbs from 115 children were reviewed. There was an overall success rate of 66% following conservative treatment and the success rate appears to be higher in the younger age group and in those treated with splint therapy, which includes wearing a splint and regular therapy exercises. The outcome of the children who underwent surgery was good with a recurrence rate of 1.4% and a wound infection rate of 2.8%. Our results suggest that a more conservative approach to this problem should be adopted. Our data also suggest that this condition may be acquired rather than congenital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: Andrew Hwee Chye
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Khee Sien
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Eng Hin
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013165:Splints; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000628:therapy*; D013933:Thumb; D016896:Treatment Outcome