Dr. Pedro Loredo Hand Surgeon from Dallas Fort Worth at Hand Associates of North Dallas,
Believes in offering his patients the most advanced surgical technology.
The Mini TightRope provides a unique means to suspend the thumb metacarpal after partial or complete trapezial resection. It is used for treatment of CMC arthritis that causes hand pain, thumb pain, and wrist pain. It is also used for thumb CMC instability and in revision cases with proximal migration after failed tendon reconstruction. The Mini TightRope supports and maintains the thumb and index metacarpals 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 #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.
Advantages:
• Stabilizes and protects biologic repair
• May allow earlier rehabilitation1, 2
• Maintains trapezial space
• Solid and stable suspensionplasty
• Allows flexible suture-based fixation
Hand Associates of North Dallas