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SA Orthopaedic Journal
versión On-line ISSN 2309-8309
versión impresa ISSN 1681-150X
SA orthop. j. vol.7 no.3 Centurion jul./sep. 2008
CLINICAL ARTICLE
U Mennen
MMed(Orth), FRCS(Edin), FRCS(Glasg), FCS(SA)Orth, MD(Orth), DSc(Med)
ABSTRACT
Osteoarthritis of digital joints, e.g. proximal interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints, may need surgical intervention if conservative management has failed to control function loss and/or pain.
The ideal arthroplasty prosthesis should cause minimal loss of bony tissue, should have a high level of congruency, a low degree of constraint and not be technically demanding.
The MIRA prosthesis replaces only the damaged osteoarthritic tissue, is biomechanically sound and respects the all important investing and stabilising capsule-ligamentous and musculo-tendinous structures.
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