Total joint arthroplasty (aka total joint replacement ... After removing the trapezium, a surgeon suspends the metacarpal of your thumb from the metacarpal of your index (pointer) finger with ...

Video shows the physician removing the apparent implant from the mummified three-fingered hand, revealing two of its metacarpal, or palm bones. Experts found what they say could be an “alien ...

Meals: When the metacarpophalangeal joint hyperextends at least 30º, I will stabilize it with a volar plate arthroplasty, lifting the proximal edge of the volar plate from the metacarpal neck and ...

But hands are complex, and when a part of them gets damaged, it can affect the whole hand. A metacarpal fracture is a break in one of the hand bones, making it hard or even impossible for the hand ...

Radiographs at this visit demonstrated a healed index metacarpal fracture, as well as well-positioned ring finger MCP joint pyrocarbon prosthesis (Figure 7). He was satisfied with his function and ...

Subjectively, 40 patients rated their arthroplasty results as good to ... of the tip of the thumb to the palmar aspect of the fifth metacarpal head was accomplished after 44 of the arthroplasties.

Made by Touch Bionics, the same company responsible for the i-LIMB Hand, each ProDigits prosthetic build is ... remnant digit or tissue surrounding the metacarpal bone to provide the necessary ...

Based in Edinburgh, Metacarpal is using advanced engineering techniques to create a "highly functional" prosthetic hand that is completely controlled and powered by body motion. By providing a ...