title: Quantifying interdigital web morphology.
abstract: A new method for the measurement of the interdigital webs of the hand is described and is shown to be reproducible. Measurements are taken from photographs and the method would be suitable for the comparison of post-operative appearances in the evaluation of "web creep" after surgery.
authors.affiliation: West Midlands Regional Plastic and Jaw Surgery Unit, Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Shewell
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Nancarrow
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fatah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D010781:Photography; D015203:Reproducibility of Results