Orthopedics > OCOSH Classification > Hand Disorders and Deformities > Congenital Hand Deformities > Hypoplasia > Hypoplastic Thumb
Hypoplastic Thumb
(Subscribe)
Internet resources relating to hypoplasia of the thumb.
[OCOSH Code: D006228 253935007 Q71.8 HD_CHD_UG_HT]
Resources
Birth- Pollicization of the index finger for thumb reconstruction
Location: http://www.e-hand.com/img/img00030.htm
Pollicization is the surgical creation of a thumb from a finger, usually the index finger. There are several techniques, but they have in common steps to shorten, rotate, and reposition muscles to achieve a functional and aesthetic result.
[Categories]
View Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Blauth classification of Thumb hypoplasia
Location: http://www.eatonhand.com/clf/clf215.htm
Modified Blauth classification of hypoplastic thumb
[Categories]
View Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Wed Aug 05 2009
Dominant preaxial brachydactyly with hallux varus and thumb abduction
Location: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1762298
Am J Hum Genet. 1972 November; 24(6 Pt 1): 694–701. Joe C. Christian, Kyu S. Cho, Edmund A. Franken, and Barry H. Thompson
[Categories]
View Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Thu Oct 25 2007
Thumb Hypoplasia Modified Blauth classification
Location: http://www.eatonhand.com/cht/cht032.htm
_I. Minimal shortening and narrowing
__II. Thumb-Index web space narrowing
__Hypoplastic intrinsic thenar muscles
__Metacarpophalangeal joint instability
__III. Type II features, plus extrinsic tendon abnormalities and:
__IIIA. Hypoplastic metacarpal, stable carpometacarpal
__IIIB. Partial metacarpal aplasia, unstable carpometacarpal
__IV. Floating thumb
__V. Absent thumb
[Categories]
View Details Visit Resource Review It Rate It Bookmark It Added: Wed Aug 05 2009
