New option for surgical treatment of the trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: a case report

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2015 Mar 24;2(3-4):47-9. doi: 10.3109/23320885.2015.1029483. eCollection 2015.

Abstract

We present the case of a 71-year-old, left-handed woman with left thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthritis. The patient had no pain and could use the hand actively in daily life with a new option of surgical treatment, a vascularized pedicled third CMC joint transfer to the thumb CMC joint.

Keywords: Arthroplasty; dorsal carpal network; trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis; vascularized pedicled 3rd carpometacarpal joint transfer.

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  • Case Reports