Leading consultant, orthopaedic surgeon Alison Edwards, who specialises in hand surgeries, performed the procedure, known as Trapeziometacarpal joint replacement, at the Practice Plus Group Hospital ...

Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is rare, but patients with this diagnosis are at high risk for significant morbidity. We present a case of a 15-year-old man who presented with ...

Arthritis at the base of the thumb is called basal joint arthritis. It is common and responds well to treatment. Conservative treatment includes icing the joint several times a day, anti ...

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, which means that your immune system attacks healthy cells in your body by mistake, causing inflammation (painful swelling) in the ...

Common types include De Quervain's tenosynovitis and flexor tendinitis. Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis can cause joint inflammation, degeneration, and chronic pain. osteoarthritis at the ...

It’s a brazen act enabled by introducing legislation to parliament — or in layman’s terms, changing the rules to bully their way through. Lord mayor Basil Zempilas has announced the City of Perth will ...

In the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), people may first notice tenderness, stiffness, and pain in the small joints in the hands and feet. RA is characterized by damaging inflammation that, ...

Traditionally patients are offered a Trapeziectomy operation to alleviate the pain from arthritis in the thumb basal joint by removing the bone affected by arthritis. In contrast, the new joint ...