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Surgical options for thumb osteoarthritis include: CMC joint fusion (arthrodesis) -- an option for patients looking for pain relief who are not overly concerned about losing fine thumb motion joint replacement or arthroplasty -- plastic or metal prostheses are used to replace the CMC joint (prosthesis serves as a spacer after the arthritic surfaces of the bones in the CMC joint are removed)
But on the flip side, both types of surgery for trigger finger are relatively simple procedures that can usually be done on an outpatient basis. There are two main types of trigger finger or thumb surgery: open and percutaneous. Both of these procedures involve the doctor âreleasing,â or splitting the A1 pulley through which the tendon is having trouble passing. The difference between these trigger finger surgeries is how the doctor goes about doing so.