musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
Digital Flexor Tendinitis and Tenosynovitis (Trigger Finger)
Treatment
Conservative measures Sometimes corticosteroid injection Sometimes surgery Treatment of acute inflammation and pain includes splinting, moist heat, and anti-inflammatory doses of Nonopioid Analgesics (NSAIDs). If these measures fail, injection of a corticosteroid suspension into the flexor tendon sheath, along with splinting, may provide safe, rapid relief of pain and triggering. Operative release can be done if corticosteroid therapy fails. 