title: Trapezium excision and ligament reconstruction with abductor pollicis longus for basal arthritis of the thumb.
abstract: Symptomatic arthritis of the trapeziometacarpal joint is frequent. Trapeziectomy and ligamentoplasty with the abductor policis longus, that is a suspensionplasty, gives good results and can last for a long time.
authors.affiliation: Hand and Upper Limb Surgery Unit Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de la Côte Basque Bayonne, France. leger.olivier@free.fr
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lavallé