Current review of trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis(rhizarthrosis)

作     者：Onur Bilge Nazim Karalezli 

作者机构：Department of Orthopaedics and TraumatologyMeram Faculty of MedicineKonya Necmettin Erbakan University Department of Sports MedicineMeram Faculty of MedicineKonya Necmettin Erbakan University 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Rheumatology》 (世界风湿病学杂志)

年 卷 期：2015年第5卷第2期

页      面：90-95页

学科分类：10[医学] 

主　　题：Osteoarthritis Thumb Trapeziometacarpal joint Rhizarthrosis 

摘      要：Trapeziometacarpal(TMC) joint is the secondly affected joint for osteoarthritis in the *** joint arthritis affects most commonly postmenopausal women after the fifth decade of life,due to hormonal and structural *** may lead to a clinical spectrum from subtle symptoms to advanced symptoms such as;severe pain,limitation of range of motion,muscular weakness,bony deformities,and end up ultimately with *** of the etiopathogenesis;a variety of non-surgical and surgical methods have been used for the treatment of rhizarthrosis,depending on the age of the patient,symptomatology and the stage of the *** main goals of the treatments are as follows;relief of pain,conservation or restoration the stability and mobility of the TMC joint with the optimal preservation of the strength of surrounding *** this article,the current methods,which have been used for the treatment of TMC joint osteoarthritis,will be mainly reviewed,together with concise up-to-date information on both its diagnosis and the anatomy of the TMC joint.