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Background: Osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint is a common condition. Various management options and surgical procedures have been described to treat symptomatic cases. Many systematic reviews examine aspects of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis treatment, although none solely examines the outcomes of trapezial partial resection and interposition arthroplasty in stage II to III patients in detail, yet this technique is of growing interest as surgeons seek more nuanced, tailored approaches for osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint. Methods: A systematic review of the thumb carpometacarpal joint hemiresection and interposition arthroplasty was performed with pain assessment as a primary outcome measure and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and reoperation rate as secondary outcome measures. A search was performed between 2004 and 2019 using MEDLINE, Embase, and PubMed. Preferred Reporting Items and Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines were used. Results: Twenty-nine articles met the inclusion criteria and were included in the final review. Pain relief and improved PROMs were described in all the articles using this technique with

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Author

Michelle Spiteri; Henk Giele

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)