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A national database was queried to determine the frequency of trigger finger diagnoses by digit and the frequency of multiple digit involvement. The middle finger was the most diagnosed digit, with 33% of patients having multiple digit involvement.

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Epidemiology risk factors stenosing tenosynovitis trigger finger

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