D.C. and Baltimore firsts bring "mini hip replacement" innovation to thumb arthritis care. COLUMBIA, Md., July 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MedStar Health hand surgeons in both D.C. an ...

Arthritis of the thumb ? the most common source of painful arthritis of the hand ? can make buttoning a shirt, holding a pen or putting in earringsimpossible or painful. “It is tricky to treat because ...

A hand surgeon's first patient to get a newly approved thumb implant says she's back to using her hand without pain.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new prosthetic thumb surgery, the first of its kind performed in East Tennessee, has given a woman the use of her thumb back. The new technique has a shorter recovery time ...

Scott Price was working with a wood splitter when it kicked out a fragment of a log, pinning his left hand against a metal plate and severing his thumb and forefinger. After his local hospital in ...