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Arthroscopic Scaphoid Trapezium Trapezoid arthritis treatment

Isolated STT arthritis is a rare condition to be found. After failure of conservative treatment few surgical procedure have been described. Among these arthrodesis is an option but decreases midcarpal mobility. Arthroscopic treatemtn tries to avoid this complication. The authors present a prospective study of arthroscopic resection of the distal pole of the scaphoid in 22 patients. In one group of 9 patients simple resection was performed while in the other 13 patients were treated with scaphoid resection and pyrocarbone implant interposition. The authors measured as well DISI deformity evolution, one of the main critical point. CONCLUSION: according to authors opinion arthroscopic resection of the distal pole of the scaphoid both with or without implant interposition shows good results.