Treatment of a traumatic osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint with a periosteal autograft.
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.
Shubin Stein
Beth E.
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Department of Orthopaedics, New York Orthopaedics Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, USA.
Rosenwasser
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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