Index finger pollicisation for a congenital thumd hypoplasi and aplasis-surgical techniques

Abstract EN

Thumb hypoplasia and aplasia are disabling congenital deformities and in the more severe cases (Grades IV and V) the only possibility is pollicisation Some Grade III hypoplasia cases are more severe with absence of the trapezio-metacarpal joint and most of the first metacarpal these cases are best treated by amputation and pollicisa¬tion.

The authors describe in detail pollicisation of the index and its pitfalls.