title: Congenital absence of the radius.
abstract: Between 1971 and 1987, we treated 26 patients with congenital absence of the radius which had produced a club hand; 37 hands were affected. Treatment before the age of 8 months was by gentle manipulation and serial plasters. If a functional position was not obtained, and in patients over 8 months, surgical reduction was carried out. A modified Riordan procedure was used until 1983, and thereafter a double Z-plasty. The best results were achieved in patients under 4 years of age.
authors.affiliation: Service C Orthopaedics, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Palazzi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bendahan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivas
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods