Treatment of a traumatic osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint with a periosteal autograft

J Hand Surg Am. 1999 Nov;24(6):1225-30. doi: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.1225.

Abstract

We report a case in which an autogenous periosteal autograft was used to resurface a large osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint of a young woman. Good results were found at 4-year follow-up examination.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Athletic Injuries / diagnosis
  • Athletic Injuries / surgery*
  • Baseball / injuries*
  • Cartilage, Articular / injuries*
  • Cartilage, Articular / pathology
  • Cartilage, Articular / surgery
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Metacarpus / injuries
  • Metacarpus / pathology
  • Metacarpus / surgery
  • Periosteum / transplantation*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Thumb / injuries*
  • Thumb / pathology
  • Thumb / surgery
  • Transplantation, Autologous