title: [Rib cartilage transplant in arthrosis of the thumb basal joint].
abstract: The method and the results of costal cartilage replacement for the trapezium are described. The idea was to find an alternative method for trapezium implant arthroplasty. From 1995, 47 patients were treated by this technique, 42 patients could be examined. There were good results in function and no case of shortening of the thumb. Except of two, all patients were satisfied.
authors.affiliation: Funktionsbereich Handchirurgie der Unfallchirurgischen Abteilung der Städtischen Kliniken Frankfurt am Main-Hoechst.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicoloff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dittmer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D002348:Carpal Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology