Outcomes of Surface Replacement Proximal Interphalangeal Joint Arthroplasty Through a Volar Approach: A Prospective Study.

Background: The dorsal approach to the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint provides the advantage of improved visualization of the articular surface, while the disadvantage of a dorsal approach is the disruption of the central slip and extensor mechanism requiring a delay in range of motion exercises. A volar approach keeps the central slip and extensor mechanism intact, allowing for early range of motion. The goal of this study was to evaluate patient outcomes of surface replacement (SR) PIP joint arthroplasty performed through a volar approach.

Thumb carpometacarpal arthroplasty with ligament reconstruction and interposition costochondral arthroplasty.

Background Thumb arthritis at the carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is one of the most common sites of arthritis, especially in women. Thumb arthroplasty is an effective method of relieving pain and improving function. Materials and Methods Qualitative and quantitative outcomes were assessed clinically and radiographically in 58 patients (66 thumbs) with thumb basal joint arthritis limited to the trapeziometacarpal joint, treated with hemiresection arthroplasty of the trapezium, flexor carpi radialis (FCR) ligament reconstruction, and allograft costochondral interposition graft.

Scaphoidectomy and Capsulodesis for SNAC or SLAC Stage II.

Two common types of wrist arthritis are scapholunate advanced collapse (SLAC) and scaphoid nonunion advanced collapse (SNAC). In stage II SLAC or SNAC, there is arthritis between the scaphoid and the radius, sparing the cartilage between the capitate and the lunate and between the lunate and the radius. When nonsurgical treatment failed, scaphoidectomy plus capsulorrhaphy was used in 8 patients to provide pain relief without requiring an arthrodesis or compromising the radiolunate articulation.