In the 2019 study mentioned above, researchers found that participants rated their pain at an average of 7.4 out of 10 before PIP joint arthroplasty but rated their pain at only 1.9 after surgery.

Marcus Sagerfors, MD, and colleagues reviewed the results of 40 patients (45 fingers) with proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint arthritis who underwent hemiarthroplasty using the PyroCarbon PIP ...

The authors used the Bruner volar approach for the surgery to obtain a “shot gun” exposure of the proximal interphalageal (PIP) joint. For the donor site they used a capsulotomy to expose the ...

Research Shows Pip Care “Significantly Improves Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction with Surgery.” Research, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research , demonstrated that patients who ...

After the surgery, you will be unable to move the joint and it will stay straight. Your doctor may recommend a joint fusion in your PIP joint instead. This procedure results in your doctor fusing ...

The PIP joint is the closer of the two joints inside your finger. The pulley that causes trigger finger is located in the outer part of your palm. Triggering directly affects your tendon that controls ...

This included a 13.6% recurrence rate for MP joint contractures and a 34.1% recurrence rate for PIP joint contracture. Dr. Badalamente emphasized that surgery, needle fasciotomy, or collagenase ...

Robotic joint reconstruction offers patients faster recovery, less pain, and personalized outcomes—here’s how it’s reshaping ...