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Bilateral osteoarthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint treated by bilateral tendon interposition arthroplasty
A Damen1, B van der Lei, P H Robinson
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|February 1, 1997
Abstract:
Twenty-four flexor carpi radialis (FCR) tendon interposition arthroplasties of the trapezium for bilateral trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis were reviewed. Pain was reduced in all cases. Function was improved in all right hands and in 92% of the left hands. FCR tendon interposition arthroplasty for bilateral trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis yields satisfactory long-term results on both sides.