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Outcomes and complications after percutaneous release for trigger digits in diabetic and non-diabetic patients
H-K Huang1, J-P Wang2, S-T Wang3
1Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Orthopaedics, Chiayi Christian Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Taiwan.
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We compared the short-term (3 months) and long-term (2 years) outcomes and complications of percutaneous release of 187 trigger digits of 154 patients treated between 2009 and 2012, all treated by a single surgeon. The 154 patients included 48 patients with diabetes mellitus and 106 non-diabetic patients. The only short-term complication was pain, occurring in three digits (5%) in the diabetic patients and six digits (5%) in the non-diabetic patients. The long-term complications were pain in 15 digits (25%) in the diabetic patients and 18 digits (14%) in the non-diabetic patients. This was not significant (p = 0.058). Recurrent triggering occurred in nine digits (15%) in the diabetic patients, which was significantly greater than the six digits (5%) in the non-diabetic patients (p = 0.013). The non-diabetic patients were significantly more satisfied.
Level Of Evidence:
level III.
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