I have been fortunate to treat many great patients and families with RLD and other diagnoses. This is one of those patients/ families who happens to have RLD. It starts with the perfect sweatshirt! The right side has an absent radius, limited finger motion, and a radially deviated and flexed wrist. The left side has better alignment, normal finger motion and a nearly normal radius bone. The difference in motion of the forearm, wrist, and fingers is striking. Both sides have had wrist surgery and both sides have had a pollicization (creation of a thumb from the index finger- more information HERE). The patient clearly favors her left arm but uses both hands together for some activities.
Here are some pictures of the patient with RLD including both arms and an x-ray.
Patient with RLD, right side more affected than left. |
Patient with RLD, right side more affected than left. Good elbow motion on both sides. More deformity on the right. |
RLD on both sides but more severe on the right. |
Here is a video demonstrating function. Very good overall on the left and pretty good on the right.
Charles A. Goldfarb, MD
My Bio at Washington University
email: congenitalhand@wustl.edu
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