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World J Orthop. May 18, 2024; 15(5): 435-443
Published online May 18, 2024. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i5.435
Published online May 18, 2024. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v15.i5.435
Surgeon preferences in the treatment of thumb carpometacarpal osteoarthritis
Edward J Wu, Bradley W Fossum, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
Edward J Wu, Wyatt Vander Voort, Christopher O Bayne, Robert M Szabo, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States
Author contributions: Wu EJ and Szabo RM conceptualized the study, performed the survey, and collected and reviewed the data; Wu EJ, Fossum BW, and Vander Voort WD performed the literature review and drafted the manuscript; Bayne CO participated in data acquisition and reviewed and revised the manuscript; Szabo RM reviewed and revised the manuscript and supervised all aspects of the project; All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: IRB approval for this study was not required as it did not involve human or animal subjects but was an email survey of surgeons.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent was not required as this was a survey study administered by email correspondence. Implied consent was provided by each respondent by their completion of the de-identified survey.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available. IRB approval for this study was not required as it did not involve human or animal subjects.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement—checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement—checklist of items.
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Corresponding author: Robert M Szabo, MD, Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States.
Received: December 6, 2023
Revised: April 6, 2024
Accepted: April 16, 2024
Published online: May 18, 2024
Processing time: 160 Days and 14.2 Hours
Revised: April 6, 2024
Accepted: April 16, 2024
Published online: May 18, 2024
Processing time: 160 Days and 14.2 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Despite strong evidence from level 1 prospective randomized studies that trapeziectomy alone is sufficient for the treatment of basilar thumb osteoarthritis, surgeons continue to perform more complicated operations with more complications. After surveying 950 fellowship trained hand surgeons, it seems that the majority are still performing trapeziectomy with ligament tendon interposition arthroplasty or suspensionplasty relying more on their level 4 clinical expertise and personal observations.