Results of treatment of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis with trapeziectomy and tendon allograft interposition.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of treatment of osteoarthritis of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb with tendon allograft interposition. Fifty-three patients (61 hands), 13 men and 40 women, were operated on at a mean age of 61 years. A partial trapeziectomy with tendon interposition was performed in 19 hands and with suspension arthroplasty in 24.