Surgeon preferences in the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis

Table 2 Preferred technique by specialty (percent)

	Orthopaedic surgery	Plastic surgery	General surgery
Trapeziectomy + LRTI	41.0	37.8	38.2
Trapeziectomy + suspensionplasty	28.6	30.3	17.6
Trapeziectomy + TI	3.6	6.7	14.7
Trapeziectomy + LR	5.3	5.9	5.9
Trapeziectomy (alone)	3.7	6.7	11.8
Suture button suspension	6.5	3.4	2.9
Prosthetic arthroplasty	3.0	3.4	5.9
Arthrodesis	1.0	1.7	0.0
Other	7.2	4.2	2.9

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