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 by the 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.
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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
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