Surgeon preferences in the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis

Table 1 Preferred technique by practice setting (percent)

	Academic	Private practice	Hospital employed	Kaiser permanente	Gov
Trapeziectomy + LRTI	34.0	43.5	40.7	35.0	42.1
Trapeziectomy + suspensionplasty	30.8	26.1	35.2	35.0	26.3
Trapeziectomy + TI	5.3	4.8	1.1	0.0	0.0
Trapeziectomy + LR	6.1	5.5	3.3	10.0	0.0
Trapeziectomy (alone)	5.3	3.7	5.5	5.0	5.3
Suture button suspension	5.7	5.3	8.8	10.0	10.5
Prosthetic arthroplasty	3.2	3.6	2.2	0.0	0.0
Arthrodesis	0.8	1.1	2.2	0.0	0.0
Other	8.9	6.4	1.1	5.0	15.8

LRTI: Ligament reconstruction tendon interposition; TI: Tendon interposition; LR: Ligament replacement; Gov: Government.