title: Outcome of simultaneous surgical treatment of hyperextension of metacarpophalangeal and basal joint osteoarthritis of the thumb.
abstract: The effect of correction of metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint hyperextension on the outcome of reconstructive surgery for basal joint osteoarthritis of the thumb was studied. Impairment, pain and satisfaction were similar after a combined surgical treatment of MCP hyperextension and basal thumb osteoarthritis in 33 patients, as in a series of 233 patients at the same institution after osteoarthritis surgery with a normal MCP joint.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. luc.desmet@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Smet
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lore
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vandenberghe
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Karolien
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Didden
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Degreef
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001174:Arthrodesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017746:Joint Capsule / Q000601:surgery; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013933:Thumb; D051222:Trapezium Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome