Meanings of mcp joint in English

ROI 2 included the area between the proximal interphalangeal and the metacarpophalangeal joint.

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 27 patients who had a thumb metacarpophalangeal joint arthrodesis with a single longitudinal K-wire.

Purpose: To evaluate retrospectively the functional and radiographic outcome of patients who had a thumb metacarpophalangeal joint arthrodesis with a single longitudinal K-wire.

Methods: Fifty-eight RA patients and 30 healthy individuals underwent a micro-CT scan of the proximal wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints.

Disease is not confined to involvement of the metacarpophalangeal joints and often leads to severe damage requiring the replacement of joints.