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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2021; 56(03): 346-350
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721834
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Onset of Trigger Finger after Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery: Assessment of Open and Endoscopic Techniques[*]

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Marcela Fernandes 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Serviço de Cirurgia da Mão, Hospital Alvorada, Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
João Carlos Belloti 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Serviço de Cirurgia da Mão, Hospital Alvorada, Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Aldo Okamura
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Serviço de Cirurgia da Mão, Hospital Alvorada, Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Jorge Raduan Neto 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Serviço de Cirurgia da Mão, Hospital Alvorada, Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Rafael Tajiri 
2   Serviço de Cirurgia da Mão, Hospital Alvorada, Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Flávio Faloppa 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
,
Vinícius Ynoe de Moraes 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
2   Serviço de Cirurgia da Mão, Hospital Alvorada, Moema, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
3   Ortocity Serviços Médicos, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective The present study aimed to determine the frequency of trigger finger (TF) onset after surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) using an open (OT) or an endoscopic technique (ET). As a secondary endpoint, the present study also compared paresthesia remission and residual pain rates in patients submitted to both techniques.

Methods Trigger finger onset and remission rates of paresthesia and pain at the median nerve territory was verified prospectively in a series of adult patients submitted to an OT procedure (n = 34). These findings were compared with a retrospective cohort submitted to ET (n = 33) by the same surgical team. Patients were evaluated with a structured questionnaire in a return visit at least 6 months after surgery.

Results Sixty-seven patients were evaluated. There was no difference regarding trigger finger onset (OT, 26.5% versus ET, 27.3%; p = 0.94) and pain (OT, 76.5% versus ET, 84.8%; p = 0.38). Patients submitted to OT had fewer paresthesia complaints compared with those operated using ET (OT, 5.9% versus ET, 24.2%; p = 0.03).

Conclusions In our series, the surgical technique did not influence trigger finger onset and residual pain rates. Patients submitted to OT had less complaints of residual postoperative paresthesia.

Keywords

carpal tunnel syndrome - paresthesia - comparative study - endoscopy - trigger finger disorder

* Study developed at the Medical Residence Service in Hand Surgery and Microsurgery, Hospital Alvorada, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.


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Publication History

Received: 08 March 2020

Accepted: 16 September 2020

Article published online:
01 July 2021

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