• Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg · Sep 2012

    Comparative Study

    An alternative suspension technique after trapeziectomy for advanced thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis.

    • Anne J Spaans, Cecile M C M van Laarhoven, L Paul van Minnen, and Arnold H Schuurman.
    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Universital Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
    • Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg. 2012 Sep 1; 16 (3): 132-4.

    AbstractOsteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint is often treated by (partial) trapeziectomy and tendon interposition or suspension arthroplasty procedures. In this article, an alternative suspension technique, using 2 osseous tunnels (through the first and second metacarpal) and a flexor carpi radialis tendon strip, is described.

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