Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment

Volume: 33 Number: 2 September 11, 2006
  • Murat Topalan
  • İlker Sezer
  • Turker Ozkan
  • Atakan Aydin
  • Nazim Cerkes
  • Metin Erer
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Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment

Abstract

Thumb duplication is the most common type of preaxial polydactyly. In our clinic, 29 patients have undergone surgical correction of such deformities. According to the Wassel classification, it has been noted that the most of the deformities were in the Wassel Type IV which is followed by Type II. Wassel Type VII (triphalangism) is not included in this series. Surgical correction should not only be excising the extra digit, but soft tissue and skeletal structure reconstruction should be performed in order to obtain a functional and aesthetic thumb. According to the type of Wassel classification, surgical treatment was done by simple excision, excision and collateral ligament reconstruction, excision- collateral ligament,tendon,intrensec reconstructions and osteotomies, and Bilhout-Cloquet operation. Secondary deformities after the surgery are frequent in this type of congenital hand anomaly. Angulation, Z-deformity, broad thumb and split nail deformities are the secondary deformities in our series.

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Murat Topalan This is me

İlker Sezer This is me

Turker Ozkan This is me

Atakan Aydin This is me

Nazim Cerkes This is me

Metin Erer This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 6, 2014

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Year 1999 Volume: 33 Number: 2

APA
Topalan, M., Sezer, İ., Ozkan, T., Aydin, A., Cerkes, N., & Erer, M. (2006). Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 33(2), 131-133. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328
AMA
1.Topalan M, Sezer İ, Ozkan T, Aydin A, Cerkes N, Erer M. Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33(2):131-133. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328
Chicago
Topalan, Murat, İlker Sezer, Turker Ozkan, Atakan Aydin, Nazim Cerkes, and Metin Erer. 2006. “Thumb Duplication and Its Surgical Treatment”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 (2): 131-33. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328.
EndNote
Topalan M, Sezer İ, Ozkan T, Aydin A, Cerkes N, Erer M (September 1, 2006) Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33 2 131–133.
IEEE
[1]M. Topalan, İ. Sezer, T. Ozkan, A. Aydin, N. Cerkes, and M. Erer, “Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 131–133, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328.
ISNAD
Topalan, Murat - Sezer, İlker - Ozkan, Turker - Aydin, Atakan - Cerkes, Nazim - Erer, Metin. “Thumb Duplication and Its Surgical Treatment”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 33/2 (September 1, 2006): 131-133. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328.
JAMA
1.Topalan M, Sezer İ, Ozkan T, Aydin A, Cerkes N, Erer M. Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;33:131–133.
MLA
Topalan, Murat, et al. “Thumb Duplication and Its Surgical Treatment”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 33, no. 2, Sept. 2006, pp. 131-3, doi:10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328.
Vancouver
1.Murat Topalan, İlker Sezer, Turker Ozkan, Atakan Aydin, Nazim Cerkes, Metin Erer. Thumb duplication and its surgical treatment. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;33(2):131-3. doi:10.3944/aott.v33i2.2328