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[Prosthetic treatment of rhizoarthrosis of the thumb]
1Regione Piemonte, U.S.S.L. n. 70, Ospedale Civile, Alessandria, Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia.
Minerva Medica
|April 1, 1988
Abstract:
The aetiopathogenesis of trapeziometacarpal arthrosis or rhizoarthrosis of the thumb is described with particular emphasis on the secondary biomechanical alterations involved. The treatment of the condition and the use of the Swanson technique for the implantation of a Silastic prosthesis are described.