When the thumb is affected, it's referred to as 'trigger thumb.' Each finger has bands of tissue, commonly called 'pulleys,' responsible for holding flexor tendons in place. With trigger finger, the ...

Dr. Wang: Trigger finger is a very common condition ... The symptoms of the pain and the finger-popping are caused by a little swelling of the flexor tendon in the palm. So that's the tendon that ...

Trigger thumb (stenosing flexor tenosynovitis)—when trigger finger affects the thumb—is a common cause of thumb pain. It ...

It does sound very much like trigger finger. This condition occurs when one of the tendons that moves the finger gets stuck due to inflammation in either the tendon itself or the tunnel it passes ...

Late direct repair of a lacerated flexor tendon is a tendon repair ... can then be done without the need for a tendon graft or transfer. In the fingers, late direct repair can occasionally be ...

Furthermore, tendon transplants, nerve repairs, and fracture treatments for the index finger are more difficult than for other fingers. In fact, when a flexor tendon is transplanted to the index ...