title: [Trapeziometacarpal arthroscopy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Trapeziometacarpal arthroscopy improves diagnostic and therapeutic options in pathologies of the carpometacarpal (CMC) I joint.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pathologic conditions of the CMC I joint which are not sufficiently diagnosed by X-rays or MRI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pathologic conditions of the CMC I joint in which trapeziometacarpal arthroscopy is not expected to make a contribution to diagnosis or therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Trapeziometacarpal arthroscopy using a 1.9 mm arthroscope after instillation of physiological solution.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thumb cast sparing the interphalangeal joint for 1 week, then functional therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Trapeziometacarpal arthroscopy improves diagnosis of CMC I pathologies and gives new therapeutic options, a field which is still rapidly expanding.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Handchirurgie, Herz- und Gefäß-Klinik GmbH, Salzburger Leite 1, 97616, Bad Neustadt/Saale, Deutschland, Karl-Heinz.Kalb@handchirurgie.de.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kalb
mesh_terms: D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D052737:Carpometacarpal Joints / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000379:methods; D051223:Trapezoid Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery