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1998, Number 2

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Rev Mex Ortop Ped 1998; 2 (2)

Contractura en flexión adquirida del pulgar en niños

Fernández VJM, Fernández PJ, Schenk PJ, Tarazona VP

Language: Spanish
References: 19
Page: 29-32
PDF size: 454.21 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The congenital aetiology of trigger thumb in children is controversial and several theories have been proposed. A retrospective study with 48 patients and 63 "trigger thumbs" from january 1971 through December 1998 at Diaz Lombardo, Shriners and ABC Hospitals in Mexico City was done. In all patients a flexion contracture of the interphalangeal joint between 20 and 90° without "triggering" was found and surgical release of trigger thumb was performed in all cases. This condition is usually seen after birth. "Acquired thumb flexion contracture in children" is a more appropiate description for this disorder.


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