title: Rectangular flaps technique for treatment of congenital hand syndactyly.
abstract: The authors analysed a series of 22 patients undergoing surgical correction of congenital hand syndactyly by the rectangular flap technique. Using our evaluation method, we found that good functional and aesthetic results were obtained in 77.3% of the patients, with a complication rate of 13.6%. We concluded that the rectangular flap technique has a simple design, is easily reproducible by in-training staff, has good results, and can be applied on the majority of the syndactyly cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery - Hospital das Clinicas, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tuma
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arrunategui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Friedhofer
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000601:surgery*