Limb

General limb defects

Limb defects occur in up to 70 percent of babies with VACTERL association and include absent or displaced thumbs, extra digits [polydactyly], fusion of digits [syndactyly] and forearm defects, the commonest forearm deformity being absence of the radius [radial hemimelia]. Find out more...

Pollicization

This is the transfer of the index finger to the position of the thumb. The finger is not removed, but rather rotated and brought down into the thumb position. This includes shifting of the whole finger with its skin, fingernail, bone, joints, blood vessels and nerves from one position in the hand to the thumb position. Find out more...

Radial Defects

Radial aplasia is a birth defect of one of the two bones in the lower arm. One bone is the radius the other bone is ulna. The radius is the long bone at the wrist behind the thumb and the ulna is below the radius. These are the two long bones between the wrist and the elbow joint. Aplasia means failure to grow, So the diagnosis of radial aplasia means the radial bone in the arm did not grow. Find out more...