Trigger Finger Disorder
A painful disability in the hand affecting the finger or thumb. It is caused by mechanical impingement of the digital flexor tendons as they pass through a narrowed retinacular pulley at the level of the metacarpal head. Thickening of the sheath and fibrocartilaginous metaplasia can occur, and nodules can form. (From Green's Operative Hand Surgery, 5th ed, p2137-58).
Year introduced: 2007
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Tree Number(s): C05.651.869.816.800
MeSH Unique ID: D052582
Entry Terms:
- Flexor Tendon Entrapment
- Entrapment, Flexor Tendon
- Entrapments, Flexor Tendon
- Flexor Tendon Entrapments
- Tendon Entrapment, Flexor
- Tendon Entrapments, Flexor
- Trigger Digits
- Digits, Trigger
- Digit, Trigger
- Trigger Digit
- Snapping Finger
- Finger, Snapping
- Fingers, Snapping
- Snapping Fingers
- Trigger Thumb
- Thumbs, Trigger
- Thumb, Trigger
- Trigger Thumbs