title: Late psychosocial effects of congenital hand anomaly.
abstract: Lifetime-standing psychosocial effects of congenital hand anomalies are inevitable in patients who have not received a comprehensive treatment with appropriate timing and approach. Herein, two adult cases of untreated thumb polydactyly are presented. Both of them had hands with striking appearance and late consequent psychosocial problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Mersin, School of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey. eskandari@mersin.edu.tr
authors.forename: Metin Manouchehr
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Eskandari
authors.forename: Volkan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Oztuna
authors.forename: Ferit
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Demirkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors