Second group: Patients with trigger thumb
finger tendinosis, Left handedness, rheumatic immunity, tendonitis, pain, metabolic or endocrine diseases, tenderness, gout, Trauma, diabetes
GROUP B, DISEASE, TRIGGER FINGER, TENDONITIS, GIANT CELL TUMOR, TUBERCULOSIS, TENOSYNOVITIS, CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME, GOUT, DISEASES, DIABETES
Inclusion criteria: orthopedic doctors in our hospital diagnosed patients with trigger thumb for the first time based on typical clinical symptoms and physical examination. Diagnosis is usually made on a clinical basis, in which a painful popping or clicking sound and locking of a thumb is elicited by flexion and extension of the trigger thumb. The most common presenting sign in patients with trigger thumb is tenderness or pain over the A1 pulley. Exclusion criteria: 1) Those who have a history of trigger finger disease and have been treated with drugs or surgery before; 2)pregnancy or lactation; 3) Trauma history of FPL tendon; 4) History of tendon sheath diseases such as finger tendinosis, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, tendon sheath cyst, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath; 5) History of tuberculosis, skin, rheumatic immunity, metabolic or endocrine diseases, especially diabetes and gout;; 6) History of carpal tunnel syndrome; 7) Long-term use of steroids; 8) Left handedness; 9) Poor inspection compliance or tendon, tendon sheath or pulley disease found during the inspection. The following parameters were recorded during the evaluation: age, sex, C1 and C2 of both thumbs, and marked the diseased side.57 patients with a clinical diagnosis of trigger thumb in our hospital from March 2012 to March 2016 were collected, and a total of 65 affected thumbs were examined by ultrasonography. The 57 patients were divided into two groups according to age, Group A (0–6 years old) and Group B (≥ 41 years old). (Table 