Treatment of a traumatic osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint with a periosteal autograft.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report a case in which an autogenous periosteal autograft was used to resurface a large osteochondral defect in the thumb carpometacarpal joint of a young woman. Good results were found at 4-year follow-up examination.
Medical subject headings
- Athletic Injuries
- Baseball
- Cartilage, Articular
- Periosteum
- Thumb
Anatomy
- hand