Anomalies in hand development can manifest in some young patients even before birth, leading to congenital pathologies that need attention from a pediatric hand surgeon.
I provide comprehensive care and treatment for congenital or traumatic hand pathologies in children that may impact their normal development. Some of the conditions in baby hands include:
- Syndactyly: When two or more fingers are fused. Typically, the fingers are joined only by the skin, but there are cases where the bones may be involved. Correcting this requires syndactyly surgery.
- Polydactyly: It happens when a baby has extra fingers on the hands or feet. Treating this pathology requires a polydactyly operation for the child.
- Thumb duplication surgery: This is a procedure in which one of the fingers of the hand is transformed into a thumb. It’s performed on patients who lack a thumb due to an incident such as an accident or are born without one.
- Toe-to-hand transfer: A reconstructive procedure where toes are transferred to the hands to replace missing ones, whether due to trauma or birth.
- Radial deficiencies: When the radius bone doesn’t form correctly during fetal development, causing the wrist to bend towards the thumb side.
- Zamba hand: Involves a malformation in the baby’s hand affecting the tissues of the forearm and hand on the thumb side. This condition may include shortening of the radius, a small or absent thumb. Treatment involves zamba hand surgery.
- Cleft hand: Involves a V-shaped opening in the hand, sometimes implying the absence of fingers.
Have you noticed anything unusual in your child’s hand? Contact me and give them the opportunity to live normally.