How does the Mini TightRope suspend the thumb after a trapezial resection?
On the channel as “Mini TightRope CMC Technique”
This is the device manufacturer’s own narration of the Mini TightRope used at the base of the thumb. It explains how the construct suspends the thumb metacarpal after the trapezium is removed.
This is a transcript of a recorded talk from 2014. Any figures mentioned are from the recording and are not statements about current results or the practice.
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The transcript below is what Dr. Knight says in the video. We corrected the anatomy, drug and device names the automatic captions got wrong and added the punctuation and paragraph breaks. No words were changed, added or taken out. The uncorrected machine transcript is kept on file.
Transcript
The Mini TightRope for CMC provides a unique means to suspend the thumb metacarpal after partial or complete trapezial resection for treatment of CMC arthritis, thumb CMC instability, and in revision cases.
The Mini TightRope supports and maintains the thumb and index metacarpal in the proper relationship while allowing for capsular healing, hematoma and scar tissue formation in the trapezial space. The construct consists of two strands of number 2 FiberWire which are fixed with two oblong stainless steel buttons for cortical fixation. The trapezial space may be left empty or filled with an autograft, allograft or artificial spacer.