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[Comparison between trapezectomy and silicon implant in the treatment of rhizarthrosis]
B Coessens1, L Desmet, J P Moermans
1Service de chirurgie plastique, Hôpital universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles, Belgique.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Among 19 cases of arthritis of the basal joint of the thumb, 12 were operated according to the technique of Swanson, and 7 by simple trapezectomy. Similar results were observed with both techniques.