title: Analysis of web height ratios according to age and sex.
abstract: Each component of the web space, a three-dimensional structure, should be carefully created during reconstruction of web space loss. One of these web space components is the web height. In this study, the dorsal view of subjects' hands was analyzed to determine the web height ratios. The web height ratios were then compared with respect to age and sex. The second and third web height ratios differed between adult men and women and between children and adults. However, no differences were observed among children. This study is unique because it focuses on the web height ratios of all web spaces according to age and sex and provides a very easy-to-use scale that may help surgeons to perform web space reconstruction. Moreover, the present study adds to the literature by providing information on the first web height ratios of the hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Kirikkale University Faculty of Medicine , Kirikkale , Turkey.
authors.forename: Elif
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sari
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Web space; hand reconstruction; syndactyly; web contracture; web height