Objectives: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the results of web reconstruction in children with primary syndactyly, using the technique of Flatt modified by Upton for syndactyly release. Materials and methods: We reviewed 72 webs in 27 hands and 21 feet in 24 patients, operated for primary Corresponding author: Dr. Nacea Doina Iulia Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Cl...

apert syndrome is a congenital craniosynostosis syndrome comprising of bilateral coronal synostosis , symmetric syndactyly of hands and feet and midface hypoplasia. we present an atypical phenotype of this syndrome with right sided unilateral coronal synostosis. however, type i apert hand and other clinical and radiological features suggestthe diagnosis. genetic analysis revealed an absence of ...

BACKGROUND Free fat graft has been used for the treatment of congenital hand differences. However, there have been a few reports about the outcome of that treatment. In this study, the outcome of free fat grafts for congenital hand and foot differences was investigated. METHODS Fourteen bones with longitudinal epiphyseal bracket, 3 wrists with Madelung deformity, and 5 cases of osseous syndac...

To elucidate the contribution of the extracellular microfibril-elastic fiber network to vertebrate organogenesis, we generated fibrillin 2 (Fbn2)-null mice by gene targeting and identified a limb-patterning defect in the form of bilateral syndactyly. Digit fusion involves both soft and hard tissues, and is associated with reduced apoptosis at affected sites. Two lines of evidence suggest that s...

Acquisition of new cis-regulatory elements (CREs) can cause alteration of developmental gene regulation and may introduce morphological novelty in evolution. Although structural variation in the genome generated by chromosomal rearrangement is one possible source of new CREs, only a few examples are known, except for cases of retrotransposition. In this study, we show the acquisition of novel r...

Distal limb deformities are congenital malformations with phenotypic variability, genetic heterogeneity and complex inheritance. Among these, split-hand/foot malformation is an ectrodactyly with missing central fingers, yielding a lobster claw-like hand, which when combined with long-bone deficiency is defined as split-hand/foot malformation and long-bone deficiency (SHFLD) that is genetically ...

We report an atypical case of the Poland anomaly. Unreported features are that the hand abnormality is on the contralateral side to the chest wall defect, there is an ulnar ray predominance, and lack of syndactyly.