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Congenital hand differences: surgical answers to functional and aesthetic problems in children (II)

Second entry of Dr Piñal’s blog in his series dedicated to the formation problems of the upper limb in newborns: ‘Congenital hand differences: surgical answers to functional and aesthetic problems in children’ (II).

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Advanced hand rheumatoid arthritis: surgery and prosthesis insertion

The patient, a middle-aged woman, presents a picture of advanced rheumatoid arthritis in both hands. The degree of dislocation of the upper extremities and the state of nodulosis –

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Anatomical reconstruction of hand after tumor resection in auricular finger

The patient, an elderly woman, has a recurrent tumor in the little finger usually solved by a partial resection. Dr. Piñal opts in this case for a pioneering technique of anatomical reconstruction of the affected limb.

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The catastrophic hand (III): Possibilities of microsurgery for patients with serious injuries

There is no narrow definition of catastrophic hand, but with these couple of terms we describe an upper limb with limited functionality, bone malunions and aesthetical damages (mutilations and amputations,