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Posted 9/25/2012 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
Friends,

I had my trigger finger surgery 2 months ago and did a lot of excercises with a physical therapist after that. I also worked a lot by myself as the therapist instucted me. One week ago, she told me that she cannot improve my situation anymore and sent me back to the doctor who made the surgery. Specifically, the finger does not bend more (though  that is far from ideal bending); I still have pain; the area where I had stiches is rigid and painful; finally, some other fingers on that hand become numb when I am driving more than 10 minutes. I will see my doctor in two days. What should I expect?

Thank you.

Boris

Posted 9/25/2012 2:38 AM (GMT 0)
I am very interested in what you find out. I am in a similar situation. I had trigger finger release on 2 fingers and my thumb as well as carpal tunnel release on the same hand all in April. I still have one finger that is swollen and does not bend properly. I originally was sent back to my surgeon by my OT several months ago. The surgeon told me I was fine and that my hand did not hurt. I have since gone in for a second opinion, and like the new surgeon much better. I was told I was in the lucky 2% failure rate for trigger finger release. He did a cortisone injection which only helped for a few days. I go back in Friday for the sane. If these do not work, I go see him again in November to discuss further options. He said this could be as simple as a second release on the one finger or likely something more invasive that he would not discuss with me unless we got to that point.
Good luck and I hope your hand feels better soon. It is not fun to have sore, non functioning hands!
Posted 9/25/2012 6:25 AM (GMT 0)
Hi, Welcom to the forum, I'm not familiar with a trigger finger release surgery, but just wanted to say that the skin around the area where you had stitches will be very rigid and possibly tender for up to a year. I've had two open surgeries in my abdomen, both with very long incisions. With the last one, which was May 12th of last year, it was around December when I noticed that it was starting to soften up, though it was my second time being cut open in the same spot; but it was pretty tender for a while. I hope you are able to find some improvement, I'd be in a bad spot if I lost use of the trigger finger in my right hand, since my left has some pretty bad nerv impengment going on from my shoulder. Take care, and let us know how it goes for you
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