“We believe that open trigger finger surgery performed in the office is safe because of its low postoperative infection rate,” the authors wrote. “Anecdotally, the office setting is usually preferred ...

BOSTON — In this video, Richard Schaefer, MD, discusses a prospective study of provider and patient satisfaction with sutureless trigger finger release performed with ultrasound-guided assistance.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) affects an estimated 13 million Americans, and while more than 2.7 million are clinically indicated for surgery, there are only 580,000 procedures performed every year.

“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

If you wake up with a finger that feels like it's locked in place, you've probably got trigger finger. This common condition makes it difficult to grip things and is one of the main causes of hand ...

A viewer is asking what they can do to treat "trigger finger." Doctor Lacy Anderson has a few suggestions. Trigger finger is a condition that affects the tendons of the finger and thumb and results in ...