Outcome of simultaneous surgical treatment of hyperextension of metacarpophalangeal and basal joint osteoarthritis of the thumb


Published online: Oct 27 2013

Luc DE SMET, Lore VANDENBERGHE, Karolien DIDDEN, Ilse DEGREEF

From the University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

The effect of correction of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint hyperextension on the outcome of reconstructive surgery for basal joint osteoarthritis of the thumb was studied. Impairment, pain and satisfaction were similar after a combined surgical treatment of MCP hyperextension and basal thumb osteoarthritis in 33 patients, as in a series of 233 patients at the same institution after osteoarthritis surgery with a normal MCP joint.

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