New anesthetic method for trigger finger surgery

Keywords:

trigger finger ; musculocutaneous ; blockage ; anesthesia


Published online: Jun 12 2021

Ali Cagri Tekin, Volkan Ozen, Bulent Karslioglu, Mehmet Mutlu, Hakan Gurbuz, Esra Tekin

From the University of Health Sciences Prof. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Sisli/Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

We use an uncommon anesthetic method for open trigger finger surgery in this study. We aim to decrease the risk for neurovascular / tendon injury and recurrence due to inadequate release by using tourniquet.

120 patients with trigger finger were treated and followed prospectively by using combination of musculocutaneous blockage and local anesthesia method between 2014 and 2016. All the patients had additional diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, cardiac insufficiency, renal insufficiency.

The patients didn’t have tourniquet pain during surgery. They could use drugs related with their additional diseases during preoperative and postoperative time. There were no complications and need for secondary surgery for all patients during follow-up time.

We think that combination of musculocutaneous blockage and local anesthesia is a quick, safe and effective anesthetic method in the trigger finger surgery. This method prevents risk for neurovascular / tendon injury and recurrence due to inadequate release by achieving bloodless surgical field.

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Volume 86, e-supplement 3.

Sep 2020.

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