Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages e635-e636, August 2010

Trigger finger at the A2 pulley in children – two case reports

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kanazawa Medical Center, 1-1 Shimoisihibiki-cho, Kanazawa, 920-8650, Japan

Received 27 August 2009; accepted 7 February 2010. published online 15 March 2010.

Summary 

Trigger fingers, especially trigger at the A2 pulley, are extremely rare. We experienced two cases of the trigger finger at the A2 pulley and treated them surgically. A flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) nodule was located at the distal entry zone of the A2 pulley in case 1; therefore, the digit could not be flexed. The FDP nodule was located at the proximal entry zone of the A2 pulley in case 2, so the digit could not been extended. The surgical treatment was successful in removing the triggering in both the cases.

Keywords: Trigger finger, Trigger digit, A2 pulley, Children

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 The article is original, it is not under consideration by another journal, and it has not been previously published. No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article. The author has not obtained any Conflict of Interest or Funding for this case report.

PII: S1748-6815(10)00100-2

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2010.02.014

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 8 , Pages e635-e636, August 2010