Medically reviewed by Stuart Hershman, MD Carpometacarpal (CMC) joint arthroplasty is a surgery used to treat thumb arthritis when other treatments fail. The procedure involves removing the trapezium, ...

or CMC surgery. "One of the arthritic bones, the bone that the thumb connects to in the wrist, is removed and the joint is rebuilt with one of the patient's tendons," Cohen described. The surgery ...

An orthopaedic surgeon has said that arthritis can be "very debilitating", and it may show up in places you don’t expect. He ...

An orthopaedic surgeon has described arthritis as "very ... Specifically addressing the Carpometacarpal joint (CMCJ), he described it as the joint at the base of the thumb, explaining that ...

The most common type—osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis—occurs commonly in the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist. This joint, called the carpometacarpal ...