Congenital Deformities of the Hand

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Introduction

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 1-9

3. Syndactylies

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 10-71

4. Peripheral Hypoplasias

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 73-117

5. Numerical Variations

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 119-223

6. Metrical Variations

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 225-239

7. Hypoplasias and Aplasias of Finger Joints

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 241-243

8. Joint Dysplasias

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 245-246

9. Symbrachydactylies

   • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

   Pages 249-271

10. Cleft Hand

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 272-297

11. Congenital Localized Giantism of the Hand (Macrodactyly)

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 299-304

12. Pollex Flexus Congenitus (Congenital Trigger Thumb)

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 305-307

13. Camptodactyly

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 309-311

14. Hypoplasias and Aplasias of the Radius (Radial Club Hand)

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 312-331

15. Hypoplasias and Aplasias of the Ulna (Ulnar Club Hand)

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 332-337

16. Hereditary Multiple Exostoses

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 338-351

17. Enchondromatosis

    • Walter Blauth, Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

    Pages 353-369

18. Back Matter

    Pages 371-390

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In the past 10-15 years marked progress has been made in the surgical treatment of congenital anomalies of the hand. More and more, the reluctance to operate on these deformities has been abandoned. One reason for this - at least in the German-speaking countries - was the thalidomide catastrophe (1959-1962), which involved the birth of many children with deformed upper limbs. These previously rare severe abnormalities resulted in many problems and required new ways of thinking in terms of their treatment by all persons concerned with their care. At the same time hand surgery was beginning to come of age and the combination of these two events increased the interest in the field of hand anomalies, particularly by orthopaedic surgeons who had always been involved in it. The idea and preparation for this book go back to 1964. Since that time nearly all operations on anomalous hands were systematically charted by us. They were photographically recorded from skin incision to wound closure. Regular follow-up examinations were performed. This atlas represents our experience gained in over a thousand operations. The book has been written by practitioners. We hope that a hand surgeon looking for additional advice will find answers in regard to therapy and surgical suggestions. This intent influenced the book's compilation and structure: - Only those operations that have given us good long-term results will be discussed.

• Handmissbildung
• Instrument
• age
• birth
• bone
• care
• children
• fracture
• hand
• skin
• surgery
• therapy
• thinking
• treatment

• Kiel, Germany

  Walter Blauth

• Braunschweig, Germany

  Frank R. Schneider-Sickert

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