First CMC osteoarthritis is a common degenerative condition affecting the base of the thumb, often resulting in significant ...

The first CMC joint capsule and skin were closed in a layered fashion. The patient was placed into a plaster thumb spica splint and discharged the same day. Postoperative rehabilitation.

Osteoarthritis of the hand is a common disorder. Although the distal interphalangeal joint is most commonly involved, the basilar joint of the thumb — the carpometacarpal joint — is the most ...

The first carpometacarpal joint This one of the few joints affected by osteoarthritis in which the response to steroid injection is rewarding – the other joint responding well to steroid injection is ...

First patient dosed with AllocetraTM in thumb osteoarthritis, a degenerative, debilitating and progressive disease that affects millions of peopleThumb osteoarthritis currently has no FDA-approved ...

Craik J, et al. (2017). Early results of the ARPE arthroplasty versus trapeziectomy for the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal joint osteoarthritis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29117844 ...

Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery to treat severe arthritis in the thumb. Doctors recommend it when other treatments, like braces or cortisone shots , no longer help with pain.

Osteoarthritis of the thumb CMC joint is a common and frequently debilitating condition afflicting more than 20 million U.S. adults including an estimated one-fourth of postmenopausal women.

First study of AllocetraTM in thumb osteoarthritis, a debilitating disease that affects millions of people in the U.S., and has no FDA-approved therapy Third study of AllocetraTM in osteoarthritis ...

Osteoarthritis of the thumb is a chronic condition causing pain, stiffness and occasional clicking and swelling in the joint at the base of thumb (also known as the carpometacarpal or CMC joint).

This procedure was also the first to utilize this Cartiva implant design, using implants and tools optimized for the specific curvatures of the CMC joint. Osteoarthritis of the thumb CMC joint is ...