The management of trigger thumb in children.

J Hand Surg Am

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, A.I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Del 19899.

Published: September 1991

Trigger thumb in children is an uncommon condition. We reviewed 41 patients with 53 trigger thumbs. Although the current accepted approach to the treatment of congenital trigger thumbs is a prolonged period of observation, our findings indicate that all of our patients eventually required surgical release of the flexor pollicis longus tendon. Waiting 3 years before a surgical release was done did not affect the surgical result.

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