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Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Limbs in Brazil: a descriptive cross-sectional study [PDF]

São Paulo Medical Journal
BACKGROUND: Congenital Anomalies of the Upper Limb (CAUL) are a group of structural or functional abnormalities that develop during intrauterine life and can lead to limb dysfunction.
Samuel Ricardo Batista Moura, Luis Renato Nakachima, João Baptista Gomes dos Santos, João Carlos Belloti, Carlos Henrique Fernandes, Flavio Faloppa, Vinicius Ynoe de Moraes, Rodrigo Guerra Sabongi   +7 more
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Nonvascular phalangeal transfer from toes to hand in congenital aphalangia

Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 2020
Objectives: Free transfer of the toe phalanges to the hand without vascular anastomosis is a proposed option for reconstruction of congenital aphalangia. We evaluated the growth behavior of the phalanges in patients after transfer.\nMethods: Six patients
Turker Ozkan, Samet Vasfi Kuvat, Atakan Aydin, Ahmet Bicer   +3 more
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Nosologia das doenças da mão de crianças e jovens operados em mutirões realizados em hospital de referência no estado de pernambuco Nosology of hand diseases in children and adolescents operated in provisional facilities in a model hospital - pernambuco state, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2010
OBJETIVO: Relatar a frequência das doenças congênitas da mão operadas em sistema de mutirão no SOS Mão de Recife entre 2005 e 2009. MÉTODOS: Foram coletadas as informações de 833 crianças e adolescentes examinados em oito missões.
Mauri Cortez, Rui Ferreira da Silva, Alain Gilbert, Carlos Teixeira Brandt, Philippe Valenti   +4 more
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Multi-axial correction system in the treatment of radial club hand

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2009
Background Radial club hand is a well-recognized congenital malformation characterized by hypoplasia of bone and soft tissue on the radial aspect of the forearm and hand.
Suneel B. Bhat, Atul F. Kamath, Kriti Sehgal, B. David Horn, Harish S. Hosalkar   +4 more
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Improving prenatal detection of congenital hand defects through collaborative goal-directed antenatal care: a case report on symbrachydactyly

Case Reports in Women's Health, 2020
Background: Prenatal ultrasonography for the detection of fetal structural anomaly is an important component of antenatal care. During the assessment, proximal limb deformities are readily diagnosed. Distal limb, especially digit, abnormalities, however,
Nnabuike Chibuoke Ngene, Lawrence Chauke
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Contemporary Management of the Upper Limb in Apert Syndrome: A Review

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Background:. Apert syndrome is a relatively rare genetic disorder with a constellation of distinct craniofacial deformities and bilateral syndactyly of the hands and feet.
Nathan Khabyeh-Hasbani, BA, Yi-Hseuh Lu, MD, PhD, William Baumgartner, MD, Shaun D. Mendenhall, MD, Steven M. Koehler, MD   +4 more
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Congenital absence of the left thumb in a surviving twin - a genetic disorder

National Journal of Clinical Anatomy, 2014
Congenital absence of left thumb with deformities of carpal bones in a twin born adult woman is reported here. The subject is the only surviving twin aged forty years reported to the hospital with a complaint of weakness of left hand.
D N Sinha
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Total femur arthroplasty for revision hip failure in osteogenesis imperfecta: limits of biology

Arthroplasty Today, 2017
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare congenital disease characterized by alterations in bone quality, with susceptibility to fractures, instability, deformities, and osteoarthrosis.
Pablo Sanz-Ruiz, PhD, MD, Manuel Villanueva-Martinez, PhD, MD, Jose Antonio Calvo-Haro, PhD, MD, Esther Carbó-Laso, PhD, MD, Javier Vaquero-Martín, PhD, MD   +4 more
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Surgical management of windblown hand: Results and literature review

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2009
Purpose Windblown hand is a congenital anomaly characterized by multiple hand deformities. The condition is extremely rare as shown by the paucity of cases reported in the literature.
K. G. Ashok Sunil Gavaskar, Naveen Chowdary   +1 more
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A novel approach to treating mirror hand deformity: a case report of functional thumb reconstruction using a palmar incision design

Frontiers in Surgery
Congenital anomalies of the hand and forearm present a complex challenge in plastic and pediatric surgery. We present the case of a 13-month-old child with a congenital left mirror deformity, characterized by the presence of eight digits and two ulnae ...
Yufeng Shi, Ruibin Hu, Hangchong Shen, Xin Wang, Danya Zhou   +4 more
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