Tendon transfers pptay an important role in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. Multiple methods for fixation of tendon to bone are used including suture of tendon to periosteum, suture into bone troughs, suture anchors, and passage through bone tunnels. With the increasing populatity of hamstring tendon anterior cruciate ligament reconstructions has come new fixation technology. Soft-tissue...

Osteoarthritis of the thumb CMC joint is the most frequent degenerative arthritis in the upper limb. It is a very common cause of pain, loss of strength and functional impairment of the hand, reported in approximately one in three postmenopausal females. Conservative treatment (analgesics, NSAIDs, splinting and corticosteroid injections) can be helpful, but fail to provide long term relief in m...