Full Description
This book describes and illustrates surgical procedures of proven efficacy in infants and children with congenital hand deformities, hand traumas, hand dysfunctions due to obstetric palsy of brachial plexus. Essential background information is first provided on anatomy, hand development, and patterns of use. Extensive sections are then devoted to the surgical treatment of trauma to different parts of the hand and each of the relevant congenital conditions. Full guidance on treatment choice is provided, with description of the treatment pathways appropriate in different circumstances and explanation of the impact of patients' young age on the surgical approach. Readers will learn about the complex features that may be masked even by the simplest congenital condition such as syndactyly and about the implications for treatment. In depth information is also provided on the character and vital role of rehabilitation in the pediatric population. Pediatricians, hand surgeons, plasticsurgeons, pediatric surgeons, rheumatologists, neurologists, and physiotherapists will all find that the book improves their clinical practice.
Contents
1. The congenital hand: psychological aspects.- 2. Babies hand imaging and X-ray.- 3. Hand's defect: an isolated anomaly or a syndromic disease?.- 4. Pediatric trigger finger.- 5. Camptodactyly.- 6. Syndactyly.- 7. Symbracytactyly.- 8. Central Synpolydactyly.- 9. Thumb polydactyly.- 10. Ulnar Polydactyly.- 11. Cleft hand or split hand foot malformation.- 12. Brachydactyly type D and E.- 13. Progressive bone distraction lengthening in the treatment of congenital malformations.- 14. Surgical Management of the Blauth 1 TO 3A Thumb Hypoplasia.- 15. Thumb Hypoplasia: Genesia, Pollicization.- 16. Radial longitudinal deficiency: Classification and Surgical Technique.- 17. Radial club hand: microvascular reconstruction.- 18. Metacarpal Synostosis.- 19. Epidermolysis Bullosa.- 20. Arthrogriposis: introduction and classification.- 21. Thumb in Arthrogryposis.- 22. Vascular Malformations.- 23. Macrodactilies.- 24. Rehabilitation in Congenital Hand and Forearm Defecta Rehabilitation.- 25. Palliative Surgery in Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy.- 26. Nerve Injuries.- 27. Flexor Tendons Lesions in children: Diagnosis, Treatment and early active motion rehabilitation.- 28. Paediatric Hand Fractures.- 29. Replantation.- 30. Hand Transplantation in Children.- 31. Pediatric Hand Trauma.- 32. Toe-To-Hand Transfers for Post-Traumatic and Congenital Reconstruction in Children.- 33. Compartment Syndromes (C.S.), Volkmann's and upper limb vascular pathology in the peri- and neonatal period.- 34. Post-operative Dressings and Care.- 35. Association to Support Babies and Families.
