[Prosthetic treatment of rhizoarthrosis of the thumb].
The aetiopathogenesis of trapeziometacarpal arthrosis or rhizoarthrosis of the thumb is described with particular emphasis on the secondary biomechanical alterations involved. The treatment of the condition and the use of the Swanson technique for the implantation of a Silastic prosthesis are described.
Bertini
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Regione Piemonte, U.S.S.L. n. 70, Ospedale Civile, Alessandria, Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia.
Orsi
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D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D011859:Radiography; D013933:Thumb / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Il trattamento protesico della rizoartrosi del pollice.