Does the Number of Preoperative Corticosteroid Injections Affect Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes of Trapeziectomy and Suspensionplasty?

Autor: Thomas OJ; Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Scottsdale, AZ., Hassebrock JD; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ., Buckner-Petty SA; Division of Health Sciences Research/Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic Arizona Scottsdale, AZ., Renfree KJ; Department of Orthopedics, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ. Electronic address: renfree.kevin@mayo.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of hand surgery [J Hand Surg Am] 2024 Feb; Vol. 49 (2), pp. 181.e1-181.e7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Aug 05.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.06.004
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study aimed to determine whether an increasing number of preoperative corticosteroid injections is associated with greater radiographic subsidence of the thumb metacarpal at long-term follow-up after abductor pollicis longus suspensionplasty, secondary to steroid-induced pathologic weakening of capsuloligamentous restraints surrounding the thumb carpometacarpophalangeal joint and greater extension of the lunate, but neither affect patient-reported outcomes nor revision rates.
Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of patients who underwent primary trapeziectomy and abductor pollicis longus suspensionplasty by a single surgeon over a 10-year period. The number of preoperative corticosteroid injections in the trapeziometacarpal joint was documented, and patients were separated into 4 subgroups: 0, 1, 2, or 3 or more injections. Preoperative and final radiographs were evaluated for a change in the distance between the base of the thumb metacarpal and the distal pole of the scaphoid as a measure of thumb metacarpal subsidence and radiolunate angle as a measure of nondissociative carpal instability, which has been reported as a complication after basal joint arthroplasty. Additionally, the final patient-reported outcomes (Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand and Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation) and revision rates were also assessed.
Results: Of a total of 60 patients with an average age of 64 years that were included in the study, 16 (26.7%) received 0, 19 (31.7%) received 1, 12 (20%) received 2, and 13 (21.7%) received 3+ preoperative injections. The median postoperative follow-up was 92 months. The mean distance between the base of the thumb metacarpal and the distal pole of the scaphoid decreased by 2 mm, and the mean radiolunate angle increased by 4° across the entire cohort. When comparing subgroups, no differences were observed in either parameter or the final Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation and Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand scores.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates no apparent detrimental effect of an increased number of preoperative corticosteroid injections on radiographic thumb metacarpal subsidence, increase in extension of radiolunate angle (nondissociative carpal instability), patient-reported outcomes, or revision rates at an average of almost 8 years after trapeziectomy and abductor pollicis longus suspensionplasty.
Type of Study/level of Evidence: Therapeutic IV.
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Databáze: MEDLINE