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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
Jones, Kenneth Lyons. Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation. 5th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 1997.
Moore, K. L., and T. V. N. Persaud. Before We Are Born: Essentials of Embryology and...
Birth Defects. New York: Elsevier Science, 2003.
PERIODICALS
Ad-El, D. D., Neuman, A., and A. Eldad. "Syndactyly repair in kindler syndrome."Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 111 (January 2003): 504-505.
Benatar, N. "The open finger technique for release of syndactyly."The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand 26 (October 2001): 500-501.
Deunk, J., Nicolai, J. P., and S. M. Hamburg. "Long-term results of syndactyly correction: Full-thickness versus split-thickness skin grafts."The Journal of Hand Surgery: Journal of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand 28 (April 2003): 125-130.
Greuse, M., and B. C. Coessens. "Congenital syndactyly: defatting facilitates closure without skin graft."Journal of Hand Surgery (American) 26 (July 2001): 589-594.
Takagi, S., Hosokawa, K., Haramoto, U., and T. Kubo T. "A new technique for the treatment of syndactyly with osseous fusion of the distal phalanges."Annals of Plastic Surgery 44 (June 2000): 660-663.
ORGANIZATIONS
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 6300 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018-4262. (847) 823-7186; (800) 346-AAOS.
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand. 6300 North River Road, Suite 600, Rosemont, Illinois 60018-4256. (847) 384-8300.
Office of Rare Diseases (NIH). 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 3A07, MSC 7518 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7518. (301) 402-4336.
OTHER
"Before and after webbed finger repair."Medline Plus.
"Repair of webbed fingers or toes."PennHealth.
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This webbed finger shows a simple, complete syndactyly, meaning the bones for two fingers are complete, and only the soft tissues form the webbed section (A). To repair this, an incision is made in the skin of the webbing (B). Tissues and muscles are severed (C), and the two separated fingers are stitched (D). (Illustration by GGS Inc.)
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Webbed finger or toe repair refers to corrective or reconstructive surgery performed to repair webbed fingers or toes, also called syndactyly. The long and ring fingers or the second and third toes are most often affected. Generally, syndactyly repairs are done between the ages of six months and two years.
From http://www.surgeryencyclopedia.com/St-Wr/Webbed-Finger-or-Toe-Repair.html
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New procedures like minimally invasive procedures are often subject to scrutiny, but I think that one of the biggest problems facing these innovative procedures is for people to understand exactly what we do.
-Dr. Michael Perry, Laser Spine institute
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