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. 2025 Jun 14:17531934251348815.
doi: 10.1177/17531934251348815. Online ahead of print.

Which trigger digit is the most common?

Daniel A Portney  1   2 , Jacob M Johnson  1   2   3 , Alan H Daniels  1   2 , Joseph A Gil  1   2 , Edward Akelman  1   2
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Which trigger digit is the most common?

Daniel A Portney et al. J Hand Surg Eur Vol. .

Abstract

A national database was queried to determine the frequency of trigger finger diagnoses by digit and the frequency of multiple digit involvement. The middle finger was the most diagnosed digit, with 33% of patients having multiple digit involvement.Level of evidence: III.

Keywords: Epidemiology; risk factors; stenosing tenosynovitis; trigger finger.

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