We report a descriptive retrospective study of 13 De la Caffinière trapezium-metacarpal cemented protheses implanted for painful TMC arthrosis in the Department of Orthopedics of the University Clinic of Navarra with an average follow-up of 14,2 years. The middle ages of the patients were 56 years old (range 30 to 76 years). In 12 cases they were women and in one case a male. The functional results are excellent. The complications observed during the follow-up has been the loosening of the trapezium component (15-25 %). De la Caffinière arthroplasty as treatment of the degenerative TMC arthrosis shows excellent results in 60-year-old patients with low functional demand and a stadium III of Eaton. The aseptic mobilization observed in our study are asymtomatic and they did not need medical or surgical treatment being well tolerated by the patients.

We report a descriptive retrospective study of 13 De la Caffinière trapezium-metacarpal cemented protheses implanted for painful TMC arthrosis in the Department of Orthopedics of the University Clinic of Navarra with an average follow-up of 14,2 years. The middle ages of the patients were 56 years old (range 30 to 76 years). In 12 cases they were women and in one case a male. The functional results are excellent. The complications observed during the follow-up has been the loosening of the trapezium component (15-25 %). De la Caffinière arthroplasty as treatment of the degenerative TMC arthrosis shows excellent results in 60-year-old patients with low functional demand and a stadium III of Eaton. The aseptic mobilization observed in our study are asymtomatic and they did not need medical or surgical treatment being well tolerated by the patients.