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 ...

Pyrolytic carbon finger joint arthroplasty was introduced in 1979, and their use for carpal implants developed in the 1990s. But it was not until 2001 that the EEC authorised the use of the PIP ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease that targets synovial joints and can lead to joint destruction. While most total knee and total hip arthroplasty procedures are ...

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I have also had the great pleasure of meeting and spending time with so many of the great European pioneers of Joint Arthroplasty solutions. Professors Muller, Morscher, Wagner, Spotorno ...

Correspondence to: Dr G K Meenagh Department of Rheumatology, Musgrave Park Hospital, Stockman’s Lane, Belfast BT9 7JB, UK; garymeenaghyahoo.co.uk Objective: To investigate the efficacy of ...

Objectives The study investigated the association between occupational biomechanical risk factors and the occurrence of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis (CMC1 OA) in construction workers.

This person has not had hand surgery. The image here shows joint damage related to rheumatoid arthritis as well as scars from hand surgery. Inflammation of the tendons in the hands can result in a ...