Description of the surgery used to fix trigger finger by a surgeon who does them, plus patient's stories about their trigger finger surgeries: http://www.davidlnelson.md/Trigger_Finger.htm

Treatment:% HealthAtoZ: http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/trigger_finger.jsp %

• First anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen are used.
• Injection of a steroid medication (cortisone) into the tendon sheath is the next option. Two-thirds of patients improve after one injection.
• In severe cases that do not respond to injections and the finger or thumb remains in a locked position, surgery may be required to relieve the symptoms.%%%

~HandWorld: http://www.eatonhand.com/hw/hw100.htm

• Cortisone shots usually provide relief, although this is temporary nearly half of the time.
• Surgery provides permanent relief from locking and triggering in the great majority of patients.
• Swelling, stiffness, aches and pains in the fingers may well be due to other problems, and may persist to some extent following any form of treatment. Many patients with trigger fingers also have a tendency to have swelling, stiffness and soreness of the moving parts of their hands, and that is not changed by surgery.
• With this in mind, the great majority of patients are improved with appropriate treatment.