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The AAPS 102nd Annual Meeting
May 18-21, 2024 | The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA
P32
Preservation Of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Vascularity May Protect Against Physeal Arrest In Index Finger Pollicization
Poster Presenter
Authors
Meera Reghunathan, Katharine Hinchcliff, Courtney Schniedau, Chris Stutz, Marybeth Ezaki, Scott Oishi
Affiliations
Part of Topic
Hand / Craniofacial
Preservation of Metacarpophalangeal Joint Vascularity May Protect Against Physeal Arrest in Index Finger Pollicization
Background
Pollicization of the index finger is a rewarding procedure for children with radial deficiency in which the index finger MCP becomes the neo-thumb CMC
Lochner et al 2012 demonstrated a rate of 25% of index finger proximal phalanx physeal arrest, and an anatomical dissection of the blood supply to the physis