title: The treatment of crossbones of the hand.
abstract: Over a thirty-year period at Loma Linda University, we have seen eight patients with nine crossbones of the hand. These patients fall into the group of central deficiency with a cleft hand and central polydactyly. As will be noted in the paper, these two conditions may have a similar developmental relationship. Although the literature in the past specifies mainly one option - to remove the crossbone - we consider several different options that one should think about before removal of the crossbones.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA. lkent@som.llu.edu
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008662:Metacarpophalangeal Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery