Clinical trial NCT02196233: Surgical Treatment of Adult Trigger Finger
Official title: A Prospective, Randomized Trial Evaluating the Type of Incision on Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction in the Surgical Treatment of Trigger Finger
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Trigger Finger
Keywords: Trigger Finger
Prospective Clinical Research
Randomized
Questionnaires
Transverse
Longitudinal
Lead sponsor: University of Utah
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2014-07-21
Enrollment: 86
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 95
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All patients over the age of 18 presenting to the four attending surgeons with Trigger Finger

Brief summary: Trigger finger is a condition commonly treated with surgical intervention, yet no specific incision type has been associated with improved or worsened scar quality or outcome. Therefore, the investigators objective is to determine if the incision type may affect the results of operative treatment of trigger finger. Therefore, the goals of this study are as follows:

Primary Objective: To directly compare incision type (transverse vs. longitudinal) for trigger finger release with scar quality and patient satisfaction via a validated scar evaluation scale.

Secondary Objective: To directly compare incision type (transverse vs. longitudinal) for trigger finger release to patient outcome via a validated upper extremity outcome score.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All patients over the age of 18 presenting to the four attending surgeons (Don Coleman, Douglas Hutchinson, Andrew Tyser, Angela Wang) through either the University of Utah Orthopaedic Center or the Veteran Affairs Hospital will be evaluated for possible inclusion into the study
* Patients who fail conservative treatment and elect to proceed with open surgical release of the A1 pulley will be offered the option of being included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients aged less than 18, previous failed surgical A1 pulley release, and patients receiving their care outside of the University of Utah Hospital system or the Veteran Affairs Hospital
* In addition, this study will evaluate trigger finger release; patients receiving treatment for trigger thumb will be excluded

Primary outcomes:
measure: Trigger Finger Release with Scar Quality and Patient Satisfaction via a Validated Scar Evaluation Scale
timeFrame: 1 Year Follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Trigger Finger Release to Patient Outcome via a Validated Upper Extremity Outcome Score
timeFrame: 1 Year Follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: University of Utah
state: Utah
Study officials:
affiliation: Orthopedic Surgery
name: Douglas Hutchinson
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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