Ger E, Kupcha P, Ger D
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, A.I. duPont Institute, Wilmington, Del 19899.
J Hand Surg Am. 1991 Sep;16(5):944-7. doi: 10.1016/s0363-5023(10)80165-0.
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.
