title: Treatment of preaxial polydactyly.
abstract: Preaxial polydactyly is the result of aberrant bifurcation of the embryonic preaxial anlage. Effective reconstruction of thumb duplication requires careful evaluation of all components. Skin, nail, bone, ligament, and musculoskeletal elements must be combined to reconstruct an optimal digit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Light
mesh_terms: D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*