How to treat polydactyly?

summary

Now more and more newborns are born with polydactyly. The harm of this disease to patients is very great, so that parents do not know how to do. Many hospitals recommend surgical treatment, but the child is so small, so let's talk about the treatment of polydactyly?.

How to treat polydactyly?

First: how long is a finger on the hand? Can we just cut it off to solve the problem? The answer is No. For the surgical treatment of polydactyly, in addition to the removal of redundant fingers, it is more important to reconstruct the finger function and restore the appearance of fingers, in which the reconstruction of finger function is the most important.

Second, the focus of surgery is orthopedics and functional reconstruction. Surgical resection of multiple fingers is not difficult, but it is far from as simple as you think. Surgery should take into account the shape, position, bone, joint, blood vessels and other factors of the fingers. Combined with X-ray examination, it is not a simple "cut off" to determine the location and method of excision of multiple fingers.

Thirdly, the extensor flexor tendons can be reserved to enhance the extensor flexion function or to reconstruct the collateral ligament. When preserving the congenital defect of extensor flexor digitorum, the extensor digitorum digitorum tendon and flexor digitorum digitorum superficialis tendon of the ring finger can be transferred to reconstruct the function of the reserved finger.

matters needing attention

According to the shape, position and structure of the supernumerary fingers and the relationship with the normal fingers, combined with X-ray examination, the location and method of excision of the supernumerary fingers should be determined.