title: The treatment of chronic thumb metacarpophalangeal joint instability in an adolescent secondary to thumb hypoplasia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hand Surgery Service, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Grossman
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Robotti
mesh_terms: 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*