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Aplasia of the proximal phalanges of the hand

MedGen UID:
866946
•Concept ID:
C4021302
•
Finding
Synonyms: Absent innermost bones; Absent proximal phalanges
 
HPO: HP:0010242

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Treatment for Wassel Types V and VI Thumb Polydactyly.
Bessho Y, Takagi T, Seki A, Takayama S
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2020 Jun;25(2):153-157. doi: 10.1142/S2424835520500162. PMID: 32312205
Clinical Findings and Treatments of a Radially Deviated Type of Thumb Polydactyly.
Suzuki A, Kawabata H, Hayashi J, Tamura D
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2019 Mar;24(1):17-23. doi: 10.1142/S2424835519500048. PMID: 30760140
The congenital trigger thumb: is release of the first annular pulley alone sufficient to resolve the triggering?
van Loveren M, van der Biezen JJ
Ann Plast Surg 2007 Mar;58(3):335-7. doi: 10.1097/01.sap.0000238336.30617.72. PMID: 17471142
Effects of vibration on the hand-arm system of miners in India.
Dasgupta AK, Harrison J
Occup Med (Lond) 1996 Feb;46(1):71-8. doi: 10.1093/occmed/46.1.71. PMID: 8672800
Proximal toe phalanx transplantation for bony stabilization and lengthening of partially aplastic digits.
Buck-Gramcko D, Pereira JA
Ann Chir Main Memb Super 1990;9(2):107-18. doi: 10.1016/s0753-9053(05)80487-9. PMID: 1695513

Diagnosis

Clinical Findings and Treatments of a Radially Deviated Type of Thumb Polydactyly.
Suzuki A, Kawabata H, Hayashi J, Tamura D
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2019 Mar;24(1):17-23. doi: 10.1142/S2424835519500048. PMID: 30760140
The use of Integra® bilaminar dermal regeneration template in apert syndactyly reconstruction: a novel alternative to simplify care and improve outcomes.
Jung JJ, Woo AS, Borschel GH
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2012 Jan;65(1):118-21. Epub 2011 Jul 19 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.06.033. PMID: 21775231
Phalangeal cone-shaped epiphyses of the hand: their natural history, diagnostic sensitivity, and specificity in cartilage hair hypoplasia and the trichorhinophalangeal syndromes I and II.
Giedion A
Pediatr Radiol 1998 Oct;28(10):751-8. doi: 10.1007/s002470050460. PMID: 9799296
Effects of vibration on the hand-arm system of miners in India.
Dasgupta AK, Harrison J
Occup Med (Lond) 1996 Feb;46(1):71-8. doi: 10.1093/occmed/46.1.71. PMID: 8672800
Clinodactyly. A review of a series of cases.
Burke F, Flatt A
Hand 1979 Oct;11(3):269-80. doi: 10.1016/s0072-968x(79)80049-2. PMID: 520870

Therapy

The use of Integra® bilaminar dermal regeneration template in apert syndactyly reconstruction: a novel alternative to simplify care and improve outcomes.
Jung JJ, Woo AS, Borschel GH
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2012 Jan;65(1):118-21. Epub 2011 Jul 19 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.06.033. PMID: 21775231
The dorsal approach to silicone implant arthroplasty of the proximal interphalangeal joint.
Bickel KD
J Hand Surg Am 2007 Jul-Aug;32(6):909-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2007.04.013. PMID: 17606076
Effects of vibration on the hand-arm system of miners in India.
Dasgupta AK, Harrison J
Occup Med (Lond) 1996 Feb;46(1):71-8. doi: 10.1093/occmed/46.1.71. PMID: 8672800

Prognosis

Clinical Findings and Treatments of a Radially Deviated Type of Thumb Polydactyly.
Suzuki A, Kawabata H, Hayashi J, Tamura D
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2019 Mar;24(1):17-23. doi: 10.1142/S2424835519500048. PMID: 30760140
Long term follow-up of composite non-vascularized toe phalanx transfers for aphalangia.
Tonkin MA, Deva AK, Filan SL
J Hand Surg Br 2005 Oct;30(5):452-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2005.06.001. PMID: 16029918
Symphalangism in children. Case report and review of the literature.
Letts M, Davidson D, Beaulé P
Clin Orthop Relat Res 1999 Sep;(366):178-85. PMID: 10627733
Congenital contracture of the superficial flexor of the hand.
Smrcka V, Dylevský I
Acta Chir Plast 1998;40(4):109-11. PMID: 9949546
Proximal toe phalanx transplantation for bony stabilization and lengthening of partially aplastic digits.
Buck-Gramcko D, Pereira JA
Ann Chir Main Memb Super 1990;9(2):107-18. doi: 10.1016/s0753-9053(05)80487-9. PMID: 1695513

Clinical prediction guides

Vertical mandibular asymmetry and hand measurements in patients in growth: cross-sectional study.
De Stefano AA, Horodynski M, Bartolomucci M, Castellano M, Spota A, Galluccio G
Clin Ter 2024 May-Jun;175(3):117-127. doi: 10.7417/CT.2024.5052. PMID: 38767068
Modified Bilhaut-Cloquet Procedure for the Reconstruction of Wassel Type III Radial Polydactyly.
Du Z, Qiu X, Han D, Jiang H
J Pediatr Orthop 2022 Jul 1;42(6):e636-e640. Epub 2022 Mar 14 doi: 10.1097/BPO.0000000000002139. PMID: 35275893
Treatment for Wassel Types V and VI Thumb Polydactyly.
Bessho Y, Takagi T, Seki A, Takayama S
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2020 Jun;25(2):153-157. doi: 10.1142/S2424835520500162. PMID: 32312205
Clinical Findings and Treatments of a Radially Deviated Type of Thumb Polydactyly.
Suzuki A, Kawabata H, Hayashi J, Tamura D
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2019 Mar;24(1):17-23. doi: 10.1142/S2424835519500048. PMID: 30760140
Phalangeal cone-shaped epiphyses of the hand: their natural history, diagnostic sensitivity, and specificity in cartilage hair hypoplasia and the trichorhinophalangeal syndromes I and II.
Giedion A
Pediatr Radiol 1998 Oct;28(10):751-8. doi: 10.1007/s002470050460. PMID: 9799296

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