A healthy 25-year-old man presented to the ED after accidentally injuring his left hand with a circular saw while cutting lumber.On presentation, the patient had a 10-cm dorsal hand laceration at ...

Thumb-basal joint arthroplasty outcomes and metacarpal subsidence: A prospective cohort analysis of trapeziectomy with suture button suspensionplasty versus ligament reconstruction with tendon ...

First CMC osteoarthritis is a common degenerative condition affecting the base of the thumb, often resulting in significant ...

Despite generally poor reports in the literature of trapezial-metacarpal joint replacement for symptomatic osteoarthritis, one implant that researchers studied provided patients with good function ...

Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery to treat severe arthritis in the thumb. Doctors recommend it when other ...

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 ...

Metacarpal follows in the footsteps of another Scottish-based company, Touch Bionics, which was the first to develop an electronically-powered prosthetic hand with five independently-powered fingers.

Touch Bionics, a developer of upper-limb bionic technologies, has launched ProDigits, the world’s first powered bionic finger that is designed to help the estimated 1.2 million people worldwide ...

Preoperative film shows arthritic changes and subluxation at first metacarpal trapezial joint before trapezial resection arthroplasty in 67-year-old woman. (Enlarge Image) Figure 5.