Central defects of the hand can be considered in terms of typical or atypical defects. In 1992, the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand determined that cleft hand should refer to typical forms whereas atypical forms were part of the spectrum of symbrachydactyly. This was an attempt to amalgamate clinical features that were described in classification systems such as that of Sandzen(1; see submenu). The features of typical and aypical cleft hands can be broadly described as:
As described in the submenu, other classification systems describe central hand defects in terms of anatomical or functional deficits.
Ref: (1) Sandzen SC (1985). Hand Clin 1: 483-498.
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