The treatment of chronic thumb metacarpophalangeal joint instability in an adolescent secondary to thumb hypoplasia.
A fourteen-year-old female presented with untreated thumb hypoplasia consisting only of chronic instability of the thumb metacarpophalangeal joint. Successful treatment consisted of metacarpophalangeal joint fusion.
Grossman
J A
JA
Hand Surgery Service, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA.
Robotti
E B
EB
D000293:Adolescent; D001174:Arthrodesis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*