Barthel L, et al. - Experts drew a comparison between trapeziectomy alone and trapeziectomy related to a technique of suspensionplasty using the abductor pollicis longus with a minimum of 6 years of follow-up in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the first carpometacarpal joint. They noted that when a trapeziectomy was indicated, it was unnecessary to perform a ligamentoplasty.