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Compares surgical techniques for thumb joint arthritis outcomes in veterans, suggesting implications for efficiency.
In the treatment of CMC arthritis in the veteran population, suspension arthroplasty, LRTI, and Arthrex Fiberlock have similar outcomes for all the studied outcomes, except operative time: Arthrex FiberLock suspensionplasty showed decreased operative time. Faster operative times can offer multiple clinically meaningful benefits, including lower complication risk, which prospective studies should assess.
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