Families, Choices, and Untreated Triphalangeal Thumbs

One of the benefits to my taking care of kids with birth anomalies of the upper extremity is the opportunity to really come to know the patient and the family, often over many years.  This is magnified when more than one child is affected.  This is one of the best things about my practice (and […]

Three thumbs

Radial polydactyly (duplicated thumb) is an uncommon condition in the general population- I have blogged about kids with extra thumbs a number of times.  Those posts can be found HERE.  Extra thumbs come in a wide variety of patterns, some of which are captured in the Flatt Classification (previously called the Wassel Classification) as shown in […]