Abstract
Trigger finger is one of the most common problems presenting to hand clinics in the UK. Traumatic and compressive forces created through digital movement leads to thickening of the flexor tendon sheath. The most successful methods used to treat trigger finger are corticosteroid injection and surgical release. The ring, thumb and middle finger are the most frequently affected digits. The incidence of multiple digits being affected is between 20% and 24%, with a higher incidence in Diabetes Mellitus sufferers. We report a case of failed injection therapy in a patient with multiple trigger digits, review the literature and advocate the use of surgical release as a first line treatment option in those patients with multiply involved digits.
