Paediatria Croatica, Vol. 61 No. 4, 2017.
Stručni rad
https://doi.org/10.13112/PC.2017.25
Five-year experience in the treatment of syndactyly and polydactyly of the hand with respect to satisfaction of patient parents
Zoran Barčot
; Klinika za dječje bolesti Zagreb
Rok Kralj
Mario Kurtanjek
Ana Mataić
Božidar Župančić
Sažetak
Outcomes of surgical treatment of hand syndactyly and polydactyly in childhood can be measured by objective methods or by
subjective impression of the patient’s parents. We performed a 5-year retrospective study of the treatment of 47 patients with either
syndactyly or polydactyly of the hands over a telephone questionnaire. Response rate to the questionnaire was 68%. Thirty (94%)
parents did not report any kind of functional impairment, whereas two (6%) parents stated that their children had diffi culties while
writing. Eight (25%) parents described stiff ness of the operated fi ngers, of which only two (6%) had diffi culties in adjustment to everyday
life. Parents of six patients (19%) were not satisfi ed with the scar and two (6%) parents had sought second opinion in another
hospital. Parents of the patients in whom we had performed correction of radial polydactyly reported worst results in terms of stiff -
ness of the fi ngers, which is consistent with the available literature data. The satisfaction of patient’s parents largely depends on the
surgical scar appearance.
Ključne riječi
syndactyly; radial polydactyly; ulnar polydactyly; children; outcome
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201175
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Datum izdavanja:
22.12.2017.
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