Open AccessTrigger finger at the carpal tunnel level: three case reports
Author(s) -
Fatih Parmaksızoğlu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2013.2659
Subject(s) - medicine , trigger finger , carpal tunnel syndrome , carpal tunnel , carpal tunnel release , surgery , pulley , little finger , pathology , thumb , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , engineering
Although trigger finger occurs mostly due to a problem at the A1 pulley various other causes have also been reported. We present three patients with different tumors at the carpal tunnel as a cause of triggering. All patients were treated with local excision.
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