This study evaluated the generalization, maintenance, and negative side-effects of Habit Reversal (HR) and Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviour (DRO) in the elimination of thumb-sucking. Thirty children who sucked their thumbs or fingers excessively were randomly assigned to a HR, DRO or wait-list control group. Observation data were collected in three observation settings. Both proced...

PURPOSE Authors' clinical and surgical experience in correction of the radial polydactyly in its various degrees of severity is presented. MATERIAL AND METHODS Nineteen patients were operated due to thumb duplication in a 10-year period from 1996 to 2006. The cases were classified according to Wassel 7-type classification. The surgical techniques adopted were the Bilhaut-Cloquet and the metho...

BACKGROUND Various surgical techniques for thumb duplication have been described. The main goal in thumb reconstruction is to achieve optimal function, stability, and shape. Few publications have quantified the functional results of each surgical option and factors that may affect these outcomes. METHODS We performed a retrospective review during the period from 1990 to 2011 of 115 surgery pa...

abstract a solitary plasmacytoma of bone occurs in approximately 2-5% of patients with myeloma. the lesion mostly found in the axial skeleton and have infrequently been reported to arise in the hand, and usually occur in the distal phalanges. we report the interesting case of a 75-year-old man who developed a solitary lytic lesion of the thumb proximal phalanx. this lesion was explored through ...

Duplication anomalies are quite common with ureteral duplication anomalies being the most frequent. Despite the relatively frequent incidence of a horseshoe kidney and duplication anomalies in any individual patient, the combination of horseshoe kidney and bilateral ureteric duplication is a very rare entity and very few cases have been reported to date. We present a case of a patient with nove...

duplications of gastrointestinal tract are congenital anomalies found in about 0.2% of all children. these include the rare gastric duplication. we present such a cyst in a 14 years old girl with gastric outlet obstruction. she was found to have a noncommunicating antral duplication cyst .the cyst was managed by cystectomy and marsupialization. microscopically the duplication cyst contained a m...

Background: Complete colonic duplication is a very rare congenital anomaly that may have different presentations according to its location and size. Complete colonic duplication can occur in 15% of gastrointestinal duplication. We report two cases of complete colonic duplications, and their characteristics. Case Presentation: We present two patients with complete colonic duplication with differ...

Caudal duplication (dipygus) is an uncommon pathologic of conjoined twinning. The conjoined malformation is classified according to the nature and site of the union. We report the presence of this malformation in a female crossbreed puppy. The puppy was delivered by caesarean section following a prolonged period of dystocia. External findings showed a single head (monocephalus) and a normal cra...