Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery used to treat thumb arthritis when other treatments fail. The procedure involves removing the trapezium, a small wrist bone that supports the ...

4. Total Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty) Like hip or knee replacement, this procedure removes all or part of the damaged thumb joint and replaces it with an artificial implant. Early implants were ...

Osteoarthritis of the Thumb CMC joint, Eaton Stage II-IV Rheumatoid or Traumatic arthritis of the Thumb CMC joint Post fracture deformation or bone loss that presents as either a painful, unstable ...

Basal joint reconstruction surgery, also known as arthroplasty, is a procedure for people with advanced "wear and tear" arthritis in the basal joint of their thumb that has not improved with ...

One reason is that finger surgery has a high complication and failure ... but one with little flexibility or movement. Arthroplasty involves removing the damaged joint and replacing it with an ...

Basal joint arthritis, also called arthritis of the thumb, occurs when the joint at the base of your thumb develops arthritis. Arthritis is a disease which attacks or destroys a joint, causing severe ...

A new study from a Mass General/Harvard Medical School research team calculated the effects of body mass (measured using the BMI scale) on joint arthroplasty surgery facility costs and resource ...