Transcript of the video discussion with Mark Perlmutter, MS MD, and Paul Kelley, PA-C:
So, with that being said, where we talked about trigger fingers and trigger fingers happening. Is there a way to cure that without doing anything else without doing injections or anything like that?
Well, if it’s very mild, a splint that you wear at nighttime that will hold the finger in a straight position, uh, may work.
But if you’re, by the time the patients really come to us, it’s swollen, it’s painful. It’s in a lockdown position. You really have to commit to go for a full non-surgical treatment or a surgical treatment.
The problem is with living with it, particularly we have patients as you know, come in and they say they have to pry it open because it’s locked down so hard, that can actually do tendon damage.
And often in the operating room, I’ll see superficial fraying and only a couple of times in my life I’ve seen an actual tear of the tendon.
So that’s not the common by any means, but you can do partial tearing of the tendon. And typically, as with every disease, the longer that you wait, the slower the recovery.
So, the sooner that you come in when you suspect a problem, the less discomforting non-surgical treatments are and the less likelihood you’re going to need to go to the operating room.
So, should that occur? Don’t hesitate to contact us here at Carolina Regional Orthopedics and we’ll be glad to assist you with that.
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