Discover the hidden ways smartphone use damages thumb joints, causes tendon inflammation, and triggers nerve pain, plus ...

Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery used to treat thumb arthritis when other treatments fail. The procedure involves removing the trapezium, a small wrist bone that supports the ...

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido Chuo Rosai Hospital Spinal Cord Injury Center, Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization, Japan Correspondence to: Dr. Akio Minami, Hokkaido Chuo Rosai ...

Carpometacarpal osteoarthritis is also known as osteoarthritis of the thumb or CMC joint arthritis. Symptoms can include pain and swelling. Treatment typically includes icing, splinting ...

2 Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Novi Sad, Serbia. Carpometacarpal joint luxation, excluding the thumb, is very uncommon and this injury is often missed ...

The presentation of this condition can mimic that of a ganglion, ruptured tendon, carpal fracture, carpal instability, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, trigger thumb, a torn ulnar collateral ligament and ...