['Trigger thumb' in 38 children: good short-term and long-term results from surgery].

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['Trigger thumb' in 38 children: good short-term and long-term results from surgery].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 19 Feb 2000

van den Borne M P, Custers F J, van der Aa J P, van der Eijken J W

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the direct and long-term effectivity of incision of the pulley in a trigger thumb (tendovaginitis stenosans). DESIGN: Retrospective study with follow-up. METHODS: In the period 1984-1995, 38 children (24 boys and 14 girls) were diagnosed and operated on 45 trigger thumbs in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (Amsterdam) and Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, the Netherlands. Data were obtained from...

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