A Central Ohio surgeon is one of the first in the country using a mini hip-replacement-style implant for thumb arthritis.
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Your thumb has one fewer bone than your fingers, and it is not really a finger at all
Count the Bones Hold a hand out and look at the creases. Each finger ...
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.
Orthopaedic specialists at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline recently carried out the region’s first thumb joint replacement surgery. It offers a new option for patients whose symptoms have not ...
Not everyone would want to be among the first on the operating table for a newly approved surgery, but after a decade of pain, Erika Clancy was eager and ready. The problem has been her thumbs, those ...
Flesh-Eating Infection Destroyed a Man’s Thumb: Surgeons Rebuilt His Hand With Tissue From His Thigh
A seemingly routine thumb abscess nearly cost a 40-year-old man his hand. What began as pain, swelling, and redness in his ...
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