title: The true triplication of the thumb: a case of unclassified thumb polydactyly.
abstract: A child with true triplication of the thumb is reported. Each thumb has a well-developed metacarpal, and one of them is biphalangeal; the remaining 2 are triphalangeal. Satisfactory result was obtained from a functional and esthetic point of view. Our surgical approach to this interesting anomaly and the necessity of a new group under the Wassel classification for the categorization of different forms of thumb triplications is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Lütfi Kirdar Kartal Education and Research Hospital, 34742 Ystanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Gaye
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taylan
authors.forename: Eser
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aydoğdu
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aköz
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D050279:Metacarpal Bones / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*