Nosewicz J, Cavallin C, Cheng CI, Ragina N, Weiss AW, Zacharek A. Factors associated with trigger digit following carpal tunnel release. World J Orthop 2019; 10(12): 454-462 [PMID: 31908994 DOI: 10.5312/wjo.v10.i12.454]
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Jacob Nosewicz, BSc, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, 1280 E Campus Drive, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, United States. nosew1j@cmich.edu
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Orthopedics
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Retrospective Study
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World J Orthop. Dec 18, 2019; 10(12): 454-462 Published online Dec 18, 2019. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v10.i12.454
Factors associated with trigger digit following carpal tunnel release
Jacob Nosewicz, Carla Cavallin, Chin-I Cheng, Neli Ragina, Arno W Weiss, Anthony Zacharek
Jacob Nosewicz, Carla Cavallin, Neli Ragina, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, United States
Chin-I Cheng, Department of Statistics, Actuarial and Data Science, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, United States
Arno W Weiss, Anthony Zacharek, Covenant Plastic Surgery, Saginaw, MI 48602, United States
Author contributions: All authors helped to perform the research; Nosewicz J and Cavallin C contributed to manuscript writing, drafting conception and design, and data analysis; Cheng CI contributed to data analysis; Ragina N contributed to writing manuscript; Weiss AW and Zacharek A performed procedures and contributed to writing manuscript.
Supported bythe Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, No. 22590764.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Covenant Healthcare Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent for the study was not required as determined by the Covenant Healthcare Institutional Review Board. All clinical data used was de-identified and kept anonymous throughout the research process.
Conflict-of-interest statement: There is no conflict of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: There is no additional data available.
Open-Access: This is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jacob Nosewicz, BSc, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, 1280 E Campus Drive, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858, United States. nosew1j@cmich.edu
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Received: April 17, 2019 Peer-review started: April 18, 2019 First decision: July 30, 2019 Revised: September 30, 2019 Accepted: October 18, 2019 Article in press: October 18, 2019 Published online: December 18, 2019 Processing time: 238 Days and 22.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger digit are orthopedic hand conditions that often present concurrently. Markedly, the association between surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger digit is not clear. This retrospective analysis evaluated numerous risk factors, including surgical approach, for new onset trigger digit following carpal tunnel release (CTR). We reveal that patient comorbidities do not influence the rate of trigger digit development following CTR; however, there may be a significant interaction effect between gender and surgical approach on postoperative trigger digit development. Females may be more likely to develop trigger digit following open carpal tunnel release. In contrast, males may be more likely to develop trigger digit following endoscopic carpal tunnel release.
