Table 2. Severity of TF, pain, and other complications in diabetic and non-diabetic patients.
Abbreviations: VAS, Visual Analogue Scale.
| Assessment of outcome | Day 0 (before procedure) | One week of procedure | One month of procedure | Six month of procedure | ||||
| Diabetics (n=50) | Non-diabetics (n=50) | Diabetics (n=48) | Non-diabetics (n=43) | Diabetics (n=45) | Non-diabetics (n=39) | Diabetics (n=45) | Non-diabetics (n=39) | |
| Modified Quinnell System for Trigger Finger grading | ||||||||
| Grade I Normal movement, No Pain | 3 (6%) | 4 (8%) | 7 (14.5%) | 16 (37.2%) | 17 (37.8%) | 28 (71.8%) | 39 (86.7%) | 38 (97.5%) |
| Grade II Normal movement, occasional pain | 4 (8%) | 8 (16%) | 16 (33.3%) | 14 (32.5%) | 23 (51.1%) | 11 (28.2%) | 6 (13.3) | 1 (2.5%) |
| Grade III Uneven movement | 14 (28%) | 19 (38%) | 23 (47.9%) | 13 (30.2%) | 5 (11.1%) | -- | -- | -- |
| Grade IV Intermittent locking, actively correctable | 18 (36%) | 13 (26%) | 2 (4.2%) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Grade V Locking only passively correctable | 11 (22%) | 6 (12%) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| VAS Scale for pain assessment | ||||||||
| No pain | 5 (10%) | 5 (10%) | 10 (20.8%) | 17 (39.5%) | 27 (60%) | 39 (100%) | 36 (80.0%) | 39 (100%) |
| Mild pain | 11 (22%) | 9 (18%) | 20 (41.6%) | 20 (46.5%) | 15 (33.3%) | -- | 9 (20.0%) | -- |
| Moderate pain | 24 (48%) | 20 (40%) | 11 (23%) | 6 (13.9%) | 3 (6.7%) | -- | -- | -- |
| Severe pain | 10 (20%) | 16 (32%) | 7 (14.5%) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Complications of the procedure | ||||||||
| Superficial wound Infection | -- | -- | 2 (4.2%) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Neurapraxia | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Vascular injury | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Others | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |