Subjectively, 40 patients rated their arthroplasty results as good to ... A slightly better maintenance of the resection space was noted when the interpositional material was palmaris longus ...

Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery used to treat thumb arthritis when other treatments fail. The procedure involves removing the trapezium, a small wrist bone that supports the ...

The present study shows that trapezial resection arthroplasty for osteoarthritis with abductor tendoplasty and the use of interpositional material is a predictable procedure in gaining patient ...