Controlled study of the use of local steroid injection in the treatment

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of trigger finger and thumb. Lambert-M-A. Morton-R-J. Sloan-J-P. Accident and Emergency Department, General Infirmary, Leeds. J-Hand-Surg-[Br]. 1992 Feb. 17(1). P 69-70. A controlled double-blind prospective study of injection of methylprednisolone acetate plus local anaesthetic against a control injection of a local anaesthetic in the treatment of trigger finger and thumb has shown a 60% success rate for the steroid injection against 16% for the control group (p less than 0.05). This is the first controlled trial of local steroid therapy in this condition. Author-abstract.