title: Treatment of a traumatic osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint with a periosteal autograft.
abstract: We report a case in which an autogenous periosteal autograft was used to resurface a large osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint of a young woman. Good results were found at 4-year follow-up examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, New York Orthopaedics Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Beth E.
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Shubin Stein
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rosenwasser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001484:Baseball / Q000293:injuries*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous