title: Radiologic guide to surgical treatment of first carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this article is to provide a radiologic guide to surgical treatment of first carpometacarpal osteoarthritis, a common problem especially in older women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge of the indications, surgical technique, component design, normal postoperative imaging assessment, and imaging findings of complications is important to providing a meaningful radiologic evaluation of patients after first carpometacarpal joint surgeries, including arthroplasty and arthrodesis.
authors.affiliation: Schatzki Associates, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Khorashadi
authors.forename: Alice S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Felix S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Chew
mesh_terms: D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000379:methods; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D052737:Carpometacarpal Joints / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013709:Tendon Transfer / Q000379:methods