ArticleHand (New York, N.Y.)2016
Arthroscopic Trapeziectomy With Suture Button Suspensionplasty: A Retrospective Review of 153 Cases.
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- Short-Term Follow-Up Treatment of Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint Osteoarthritis Through Total Arthroscopic Trapeziectomy with Suture-Button Suspensionplasty.Journal of wrist surgery · 2026Article
- Trapeziectomy and Suture-Button Suspensionplasty for Basilar Thumb Arthritis: Is It Enough to Prevent First Ray Subsidence?Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2023Article
- Treatment of First Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis with Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review.Journal of wrist surgery · 2022Article
- Arthroscopic Trapeziectomy and Suture Button Suspensionplasty: A Review of the Literature and Description of the "Three-Step Arthroscopic Trapeziectomy Technique".Journal of wrist surgery · 2020Article
- Suture Button Suspensionplasty in the Treatment of Carpometacarpal Arthritis: A Retrospective Analysis of One Surgeon's Experience Over 9 Years.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2020Article
- Arthroscopic Hemitrapeziectomy and Suture Button Suspensionplasty in the Treatment of First Carpometacarpal Joint Eaton-Littler Stage 2-3 Arthrosis.Journal of wrist surgery · 2019Article
- Single- versus double-bundle suture button reconstruction of the forearm interosseous membrane for the chronic Essex-Lopresti lesion.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundArthroscopic trapeziectomy with suture button suspensionplasty (ATBS) is a relatively new surgical option for the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis. Although ATBS has many potential benefits over alternative surgical treatments for CMC arthritis, little data exist regarding its safety and complication rates. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that ATBS is associated with a low risk of complications within 1 year of surgery.
methodsA retrospective review of patients treated with ATBS by one senior hand surgeon over a span of 3 years was performed.
resultsA total of 153 cases of ATBS were performed in 136 patients. Ninety-seven cases involved arthroscopic hemitrapeziectomies, and 56 involved arthroscopic complete trapeziectomies. There were 44 males and 92 females with a mean age of 62. Thirty-eight percent of the cases were graded as Eaton stage IV, 46% stage III, and 14% stage II CMC arthritis, while 3 cases (2%) were performed as revisions. Mean follow-up duration was 58 weeks. Mean preoperative key pinch strength of the affected versus the unaffected side was 92% compared with 95% postoperatively. Revision surgery was performed in 9 out of 153 cases (<6%). Of those 9 cases, 5 had additional minor bony debridement with subsequent improvement in pain, 3 had the implant repositioned due to button prominence, and 1 patient presented with osteomyelitis of the first and second metacarpals that was successfully treated with button removal and an antibiotic regimen.
conclusionsATBS is a safe, minimally invasive procedure for treatment of symptomatic stages II through IV thumb CMC arthritis.
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