When it comes to restoration of these deformities, many surgical techniques have been discussed in the literature. In my opinion, arthroplasty and arthrodesis techniques are currently the more commonly utilized procedures for the repair of digital deformities. However, complications such as shortened toes, rotated toes, deviated toes, contracted toes and “ arthroplasties and arthrodesis procedu...

introduction h syndrome (omim 612391) is an autosomal recessive disease with some features such as hyperpigmentation, hypertrichosis, heart anomalies, hepatosplenomegaly, hearing deficit, hypogonadism, short stature, flexion contracture of fingers and toes and hypertriglyceridemia. case presentation a 17-year-old boy with hyperpigmented, hypertrichotic and indurated seborrheic keratosis-like cu...

The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the outcome of flexor tendon lengthening performed for hammer toes or curly toes in children, after a mean follow up of 31 months. Specific attention was given to postoperative active flexion of the toe. The deformity improved in all patients, but less in the fourth and fifth toe. Active flexion returned and strength was recovered in all p...

INTRODUCTION Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disoder characterized by bone formation within muscles tendons and ligaments. It has an incidence of one in two million. We hereby report a case of FOP in a four year male child from a tribal family in orissa. CASE REPORT 4 yr old male child presented with gradual development of stiffness of neck and hard nodules on hi...