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Lobster
hand
- Postaxial : - type I : Deficient ulna,
minimal deformity
- type II : Partial absent
- Type III : Total absent
- Type IV : Humeroradial
synostosys; short
limb
Type II Failure of differentiation
Soft tissue - Syndactyly
Skeletal - Various synostoses and carpal
coalitions
Tumorous conditions - Include all vascular and
neurologic malformations
Type III - Duplication
Whole limb, mirror hand (ulnar dimelia),
polydactyly
Type IV - Overgrowth
Macrodactyly, hemihypertrophy
Type V - Undergrowth
Radial hypoplasia, brachysyndactyly,
brachydactyly.
Type VI- Constriction band syndromes
Simple constriction ring
Constriction ring with distal deformity
(lymphedema)
Contriction ring with distal soft tissue fusion
TIMING OF SURGERY
Early surgery : first 2 years of life
- Advantages : full potential for growth
and development , improved scarring,
anatomic adaptation of the reconstructed
part (eg, broadening of pollicized index
finger), and reduced psychologic scarring -
Disadvantages : technical difficulty &
anesthetic risk
Most surgeons perform in the second year of
life but no later than when the the patien
enters school.
Treatment :
- Stretching
- Splinting or casting
- Physical therapy
- Prosthetic
- Surgery
Two minutes with Venus, two years with
mercury.
Attributed to J. Earle Moore (1892 - 1957)
U.S. physician.