Osteo-arthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint

Sarkin, T.L.

South African Medical Journal 49(11): 392-394

1975


ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574
PMID: 1145359
Document Number: 85076
A review of a group of 87 patients with osteo-arthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint is presented and the results of treatment by non-surgical means and by excision of the trapezium, by arthrodesis of the trapeziometacrapal joint and by prosthetic replacement are reviewed. Indications and contra-indications to surgery, as revealed by this series, and the type of operation best carried out in individual cases, are discussed. The common association of a median carpal tunnel syndrome, which should receive prior treatment, is emphasised.

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