Surgery to replace your thumb joint could involve a tendon transfer or an artificial replacement. There are also newer techniques that use a wire or suture as a sling to support your thumb. As people ...

The ring finger is shorter than the middle finger in extension and longer in flexion. This is pronounced when the proximal interphalangeal joint is fully flexed and the distal interphalangeal joint is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results presented at the Virtual EFORT Congress showed joint replacement for treatment of carpometacarpal joint ...

The presentation of this condition can mimic that of a ganglion, ruptured tendon, carpal fracture, carpal instability, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, trigger thumb, a torn ulnar collateral ligament and ...

Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery used to treat thumb arthritis when other treatments fail. The procedure ...

A carpal boss is a bone overgrowth where your index or middle finger meets the carpal bones. This causes a firm lump on the back of your wrist that doesn’t move. Treatment is sometimes required. Your ...

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 the acromioclavicular joint.

CMAJ September 24, 2012 cmaj.111444; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.111444 ...