DIPJ

Rheumatoid Fingers

ConditionsBoutonniere Fingers

 

1.  PIPJ Synovitis

- synovectomy via dorsomedial approach

2.  Flexor tenosynovitis

- may cause trigger finger

- trial HCLA

- remove synovits but don't release A1 pulley

- will worsen ulna drift

3.  DIPJ

- rarely affects

Osteoarthritis

EpidemiologyHeberden's Nodes

 

Male & Females > 60 years

- X-ray evidence of OA

 

Symptomatic 

- 25% females

- 15% males

 

Affected joints

 

Base thumb

PIPJ / Bouchard's nodes

DIPJ / Heberden's nodes