Similar to getting a new knee or hip to relieve severe arthritis, a growing number of people are getting a thumb joint replacement. The surgery itself is very intricate because of the small space.
Tampa General Hospital, Florida Orthopaedic Institute are the first in Florida to perform surgery using the Touch CMC prosthesis, an FDA-cleared implant for total joint replacement of the thumb ...
De Quervain tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb. Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. De ...