Strategy for the Conservative Treatment of Type-III Camptodactyly in Children with Beals-Hecht Syndrome.
Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)
; 59(3): e485-e488, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
The authors present a successful case in the conservative treatment of type-III camptodactyly in a patient with Beals-Hecht syndrome. Camptodactyly is a flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint, in the anteroposterior direction, painless and bilateral in 2/3 of the cases. Type-III is the most severe and disabling form, as it usually affects several fingers and is associated with syndromes and other malformations. The case herein reported had the correction achieved with the systematic use of static orthoses started at 7 months of age and completed after 23 and a half months of the intervention.
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Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo)
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2024
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Article
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Brasil
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Alemanha