The Classification of Phocomelia

The Journal of Hand Surgery: British & European Volume - Tập 28 - Trang 215-217 - 2003
G TYTHERLEIGH-STRONG1, G HOOPER1
1From the Princess Margaret Rose Orthopaedic Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

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We studied 24 patients with 44 phocomelic upper limbs. Only 11 limbs could be grouped in the classification system of Frantz and O’ Rahilly. The non-classifiable limbs were further studied and their characteristics identified. It is confirmed that phocomelia is not an intercalary defect.

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The Journal of Hand Surgery: British & European Volume

Tập 28

215-217

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