Arcosyndactyly
- Classification:
- Type I:
- conjoined finger tips with well formed webs w/ normal depth;
- treatment involves separation and contouring of the tips of the digits;
- partial digit ablation may be required;
- Type II:
- tips of digits are joined and web formation is incomplete;
- treatment involves separation of tips of digits and deepening of
web space;
- Type III:
- absent web spaces, sinus tracts, joined digit clefts;
- as in simple syndactyly border digits are reconstructed first;
The hand in Apert's syndrome.
GH Hoover et al.
JBJS. 52-A. 1970. p 878-895.
Acrosyndactyly--A study of 27 patients.
Walsh, R. J.:
Clin. Orthop. 71: 99, 1970.
Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.
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