Overview
Single blinded PRP vs. Corticosteroid vs. Placebo (normal saline) intra-articular injection for basal joint arthritis.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stage 1-3 osteoarthritis of the basal joint
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with Stage 4 1st carpometacarpal joint arthritis as described by Eaton
- Patients who have received a corticosteroid injection in the last year to the 1st CMC joint on the proposed study side
- Patients who have scaphotriquetral, radioscaphoid, or scaphotrapezial osteoarthritis
- Patients who have concurrent DeQuervain's tenosynovitis or intersection syndrome or have been treated for either of these in the last 3 months
- Patients undergoing evaluation of cervical radiculopathy
- Patients with fibromyalgia or inflammatory rheumatic disease
- Patients with Pressier disease, Kienbock's, or avascular necrosis of the scaphoid
- Patients with any history of primary or secondary bone tumor
- Patients that are pregnant or terminally ill