Abstract
Expansion of the discipline of hand surgery and heightened interest in congenital
problems have resulted in major advances in the treatment of congenital hand anomalies
over the past 25 years. Increased experience with congenital anomalies of the hand
has expanded the hand surgeon's knowledge of patterns and relationships between different
anomalies resulting in new methods of classification and more logical approaches to
treatment. The principles of treatment of the more common anomalies, such as syndactyly,
established by prior generations of hand surgeons have been refined in details of
technique. New technologies, such as distraction lengthening and free vascularized
transfers, have allowed the surgeon to treat new problems and old problems in new
ways. In spite of our successes, much remains to challenge hand surgeons in this new
millennium, especially in the construction of joints and the expanding field of fetal
surgery. (J Hand Surg 2000;25A:1007-1037. Copyright © 2000 by the American Society
for Surgery of the Hand.)
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2000
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1999
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