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In patients with persistent localized pain at the level of a sesamoid bone of the thumb not obviously related to trauma, sesamoidectomy gives excellent results. Often no X-ray or histological abnormalities are found, leaving the origin of pain problems still unsolved.
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van der Voort, J.H., Kon, M. Chronic painful sesamoids of the thumb. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 110, 22–23 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00431360
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00431360