B Hohendorff1, F Neubrech2, C K Spies3, F Unglaub4,5, L P Müller6, C Ries7. 1. Handchirurgie, Abteilung für Hand‑, Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie, Elbe Klinikum Stade, Bremervörder Str. 111, 21682, Stade, Deutschland. bernd.hohendorff@hotmail.com. 2. Handchirurgie, Abteilung für Hand‑, Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie, Elbe Klinikum Stade, Bremervörder Str. 111, 21682, Stade, Deutschland. 3. Spital Langenthal, Sektion Handchirurgie, SRO AG Spital Langenthal, St. Urbanstr. 67, 4900, Langenthal, Schweiz. 4. Handchirurgie, Vulpius Klinik, Bad Rappenau, Deutschland. 5. Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Deutschland. 6. Unfall‑, Hand- und Ellenbogenchirurgie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum zu Köln, Köln, Deutschland. 7. Lehrstuhl für Orthopädie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfallchirurgie und Orthopädie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Deutschland.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Resection arthroplasty of the trapezium with or without tendon interposition is the standard procedure in the treatment of advanced, symptomatic thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. Treatment recommendation in the early stages without visible or minimal radiographic changes is often difficult, especially when conservative treatment methods have already been exhausted. In these cases, there is the possibility of the minimally invasive methods of denervation, arthroscopic procedures and autologous fat transplantation. OBJECTIVES: Which minimally invasive procedures are available for the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis and how is their value to be assessed? METHODS: The minimally invasive methods of denervation, arthroscopic procedures and autologous fat transplantation for the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis are described and current results from the literature are discussed. RESULTS: Good results have been reported with all three procedures. However, the reports are almost exclusively based on retrospective studies with small numbers of patients, which lack control groups, so the results cannot be regarded as definitive. CONCLUSIONS: Denervation, arthroscopic procedures and autologous fat transplantation appear to be suitable methods in the early stages of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. Further studies, especially comparative randomised trials that report medium and long-term results, would allow further assessment of these methods.
BACKGROUND: Resection arthroplasty of the trapezium with or without tendon interposition is the standard procedure in the treatment of advanced, symptomatic thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. Treatment recommendation in the early stages without visible or minimal radiographic changes is often difficult, especially when conservative treatment methods have already been exhausted. In these cases, there is the possibility of the minimally invasive methods of denervation, arthroscopic procedures and autologous fat transplantation. OBJECTIVES: Which minimally invasive procedures are available for the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis and how is their value to be assessed? METHODS: The minimally invasive methods of denervation, arthroscopic procedures and autologous fat transplantation for the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis are described and current results from the literature are discussed. RESULTS: Good results have been reported with all three procedures. However, the reports are almost exclusively based on retrospective studies with small numbers of patients, which lack control groups, so the results cannot be regarded as definitive. CONCLUSIONS: Denervation, arthroscopic procedures and autologous fat transplantation appear to be suitable methods in the early stages of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. Further studies, especially comparative randomised trials that report medium and long-term results, would allow further assessment of these methods.
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