Comparison of the Short-Term Treatment Outcome among Watchful Waiting, and Soluble and Insoluble Corticosteroid Injections in Idiopathic Trigger Finger
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Objectives: This study aimed to compare the short-term result of local corticosteroid injections in the treatment of idiopathic trigger finger between previously reported proper amount of soluble and insoluble steroids; dexamethasone sodium phosphate and triamcinolone acetonide, and also aimed to compare these results with that of the patients who did not undergo the corticosteroid injection as control
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