ArticleThe Journal of hand surgery, European volume2020
Basal thumb osteoarthritis surgery improves health state utility irrespective of technique: a study of UK Hand Registry data.
Article in The Journal of hand surgery, European volume, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04588961 (Comparison of Trapeziectomy With Suspensionplasty and Carpometacarpal Joint Replacement in Treatment of Basal Thumb Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparison of Trapeziectomy With Suspensionplasty and Carpometacarpal Joint Replacement in Treatment of Basal Thumb Osteoarthritis: Randomised Clinical Trial
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Differences in recovery time between trapeziectomy and carpometacarpal joint replacement: meta-analysis.BJS open · 2025Pooled it
- Cost-Utility Analysis of Ligament Reconstruction Tendon Interposition Versus Suture Suspension Arthroplasty for Thumb Osteoarthritis.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2025Article
- Trapeziectomy and ligament reconstruction tendon interposition: an in vivo, patient-controlled, biomechanical study relating to pinch grip.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2025Article
- Isolated Osseous Excision in the Adult Carpus: A Narrative Review.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2024Review
- Rhizarthrosis Part I: A Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Reliability, Validity and Responsiveness of the Slovenian Version of the Patient Evaluation Measure (PEM-Slo) in Patients with Wrist and Hand Disorders.Zdravstveno varstvo · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness of surgical treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint arthritis: a value of information study.Cost effectiveness and resource allocation : C/E · 2023Article
- Effect of Tendon Strip (FCR vs APL) on Outcome of CMC Thumb Joint Arthroplasty With Pyrocarbon Disk Interposition.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Observational
- Computerized adaptive testing of symptom severity: a registry-based study of 924 patients with trapeziometacarpal arthritis.The Journal of hand surgery, European volume · 2022Article
- Pyrocardan® interpositional arthroplasty for trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis: a minimum four year follow-up.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
We used UK Hand Registry data to study two aspects of basal thumb osteoarthritis surgery: first, whether health-related quality of life improves after surgery. Second, whether results from trials comparing simple trapeziectomy and trapeziectomy with ligament reconstruction and tendon interposition are reproducible in routine clinical practice. Prospectively collected EQ5D index and Patient Evaluation Measure part 2 data were compared at baseline and at 3, 6, and 12 months postoperatively in 1456 patients (median age 67 years; 78% female). A mixed-effects regression model was also used to determine the postoperative trajectory of these variables. There was a significant improvement in the EQ5D index (median + 0.15; (interquartile range 0 to 0.40)) and Patient Evaluation Measure (-22; (-33 to -10)) by 1 year postoperatively and with no meaningful difference between the two techniques. This study demonstrates health state utility gains after basal thumb osteoarthritis surgery regardless of surgical techniques used.
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