A Survey to Determine Current Practice Patterns in the Surgical Treatment of Advanced Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthrosis

Abstract

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Management of Osteoarthrosis of the Thumb Joints

“…However, recent surveys of United States hand surgeons indicate that only 3% to 8% perform this technique routinely. 27,28 Trapeziectomy with autologous interposition graft In the 1970s, many surgeons adopted techniques to fill the trapezial void after excision. Most of these techniques used autologous tissues, usually tendon, and also reconstructed or reinforced the TMC joint ligaments.…”

Current trends in operative treatment of carpometacarpal osteoarthritis: a survey of European hand surgeons

“…Current surgical practice patterns in operative treatment of carpometacarpal (CMC-1) osteoarthritis (OA) have been evaluated in the USA repeatedly [4][5][6]. Yet, the surgical practice among European hand surgeons remains unknown.…”

Re: “Current Trends in Nonoperative and Operative Treatment of Trapeziometacarpal Osteoarthritis: A Survey of US Hand Surgeons”

“…1 The survey presented by Wolf and Delaronde is similar to the one published in 2010, with essentially the same findings. 2 Re-affirmation of a finding is certainly just as important as the original finding.…”

“…We would agree that surgical preferences of US hand surgeons do not seem to have changed substantially in response to studies performed investigating the outcomes of various methods of treating trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis. In particular, the continued strong preference for the trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition 1 over simple trapeziectomy 2,3 or any other procedure to treat basilar thumb arthritis is notable.…”