title: Radial club hand deformity--the continuing challenges and controversies.
abstract: The records of 27 patients with Radial club hand deformity attending the Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Children (HRDC) were reviewed. This longitudinal intercalary deficiency of forearm growth has a varied clinical presentation and the goals of management are both improved function and cosmesis. We present the results of our treatment and review the current world literature on this challenging orthopaedic deformity.
authors.affiliation: Kathmandu University Medical School.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Banskota
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bijukachhe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rajbhandary
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pradhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013165:Splints; D016896:Treatment Outcome