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Acquired rotational digital deformity in children as a result of finger sucking

  • Edward Anthony Rankin
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    Reprint requests: Edward Anthony Rankin, MD, Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20060.
    Affiliations
    From the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    The University of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., USA

    The Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill, USA
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  • Michael E. Jabaley
    Affiliations
    From the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    The University of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., USA

    The Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill, USA
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  • Sidney J. Blair
    Affiliations
    From the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    The University of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., USA

    The Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill, USA
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  • Keith E. Fraser
    Affiliations
    From the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA

    The University of Mississippi, Jackson, Miss., USA

    The Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(88)80090-X
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      Although most attention to the harmful effects of finger sucking by infants has been on the potential dental deformities, finger deformities also occur. The three cases presented in this article describe radial rotation of the index finger as a result of persistent finger sucking. In the majority of cases rotational deformities spontaneously resolve once finger sucking ceases. In a few cases, particularly when the habit is unduly prolonged, deformities may persist and cause functional impairment. In these patients surgical intervention is indicated. In our cases the rotational digital deformities were treated successfully by rotational osteotomy of either the metacarpal or the proximal phalanx.
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      Publication history

      Accepted: November 13, 1987
      Received: September 14, 1987

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      *No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(88)80090-X

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      © 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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