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Triphalangeal thumb.
Triphalangeal thumb (TPT), a rare malformation of uncertain pathogenesis, may occur as an isolated defect, in association with other malformations of the hands, or as a feature of a syndrome or sequence. Isolated TPT occurs in two functional types: opposable and non-opposable. The latter appears to be inherited as a simple autosomal dominant trait, while the former is generally sporadic. TPT is...
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present a novel surgical technique using an on-top osteotomy and to assess the clinical and radiographic outcomes for the triphalangeal Wassel type VI thumb duplication patients. METHODS The surgical technique involves ablation of the radial thumb at distal one-third of the metacarpal, corresponding metacarpal osteotomy of the ulnar thumb, with amal...
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Thumb polydactyly is reported to be the most common congenital anomaly of the hand in Japan. The floating type is not particularly rare, accounting for 0.9 to 15% of all cases of thumb polydactyly. However, to the best of our knowledge, there has been only one case of thumb polydactyly with a floating ulnar thumb, reported by Onizuka. Herein, we report a case very similar to that reported by On...
متن کاملTriphalangeal thumb in a Bantu family.
its comparative rarity may be indicated by the fact that in a review of the literature for the ensuing fifty-two years (Stieve 1916) only thirty-nine cases were collected. Lapidus, Guidotti and Coletti (1943) discovered six cases while examining 75,000 men drafted to an American Army centre. These workers quoted a statement by Dr M. Pomeranz. radiologist of the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Ne...
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Polydactyly of the thumb, radial polydactyly, or preaxial polydactyly is common in all races, and about 20 percent of them occur bilaterally. Patients with polydactyly of the thumb show very diverse manifestations, from a rudimentary floating type to a complex one. The goal of surgical reconstruction is to make a straight, mobile, and stable thumb of good appearance in size and shape. The simpl...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0378-6323
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.62986