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17 questions · 17 findings · 7 reviews · Musculoskeletal

No studies found 7 · 41.2%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 5 · 29.4%Low 4 · 23.5%Moderate 1 · 5.9%High 0 · 0%

Percutaneous surgery plus steroid injection vs steroid injection

Adverse events (infection, partial loss of movement) · patients with trigger finger

It is very uncertain whether percutaneous surgery plus steroid injection changes adverse events (infection, partial loss of movement) compared with steroid injection (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Autologous blood or PRP vs placebo at 3 months' follow‐up

Adverse events (pain and swelling at injection site and limitation of elbow movement following injection) · lateral elbow pain

Autologous blood or PRP showed no clear difference in adverse events (pain and swelling at injection site and limitation… compared with placebo at 3 months' follow‐up (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection plus hyaluronic acid injection guided by ultrasound

Adverse events (partial loss of movement, algodystrophic syndrome) · patients with trigger finger

It is very uncertain whether open surgery changes adverse events (partial loss of movement, algodystrophic syndrome) compared with steroid injection plus hyaluronic acid injection guided by ultrasound (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Open surgery vs steroid injection

Adverse events (infection, tendon or pulley injury, flare, cutaneous discomfort, fat necrosis) · patients with trigger finger

Open surgery showed no clear difference in adverse events (infection, tendon or pulley injury, flare, cutaneous… compared with steroid injection (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Percutaneous surgery vs steroid injection

Adverse events (infection, partial loss of movement, tendon or −0 injury, dysaesthesia, and skin atrophy or hypopigmentation) · patients with trigger finger

It is very uncertain whether percutaneous surgery changes adverse events (infection, partial loss of movement, tendon or −0… compared with steroid injection (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review