Coincidently, my wife had to see the Orthopedic Dr today, and he was telling us that HE had 'trigger finger' surgery about a week ago.
He said normally it is a simple procedure to cut the 'pulley', but in his case he let it go too long and the tendon eventually frayed, and therefore had to be repaired ...
If you don't have a queasy stomach, here is a video of the procedure ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DISCFr0YeiM

Seems like it is better to take care of it sooner rather than later ...
Best of luck, Scott, ...