title: [Root arthrosis of the thumb].
abstract: Root arthrosis of the thumb results from a degenerative lesion of the trapezometacarpal joint. It is particularly frequent in menopausal women. The often prolonged pain it produces sometimes raises therapeutic problems. Treatment is always medical at first, but when it fails several surgical operations will ensure permanent painlessness.
authors.affiliation: Clinique rhumatologique, centre A. Verhaeghe, hôpital de la Charité, Lille.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hautefeuille
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duquesnoy
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013933:Thumb
vernacular_title: Rhizarthrose du pouce.