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J Glicenstein

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PubMed1997

[Congenital thumb hypoplasia. Clinical study of twenty patients].

Congenital hypoplasia of the thumb is often seen in association with longitudinal failure of formation of the radius. A clinical study of 20 children, with 26 cases of hypoplasia of the thumb was conducted to evaluate the surgical indications according to the stage of the malformation. The results were evaluated for each patient of the study, with the position of the thumb, its spontaneous movements and its function. In grade II hypoplasia, treatment consisted of reanimation of the hypoplastic thumb by one or more tendinon transfers. In grade IV and V, pollicisation is the treatment of choice. In our experience, the surgical indications raise a problem essentially in grade III hypoplasia of Blauth's classification. In these cases, pollicisation gives the best results. Reanimation of the thumb with tendinon transfers can sometimes be used when parents refuse amputation of the thumb, when the first metacarpal is not excessively hypoplastic, and when the child is old enough to allow early physiotherapy.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1995

[Anesthesia for hand surgery in patients with epidermolysis bullosa].

OBJECTIVE: To report on the anaesthetic management with axillary block of patients suffering from recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), undergoing repetitive surgery of the hand. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of a case series. PATIENTS: Twenty-two patients, including 11 children less than 8-year-old and with a body weight under 20 kg, treated since 1988, were considered. METHODS: For surgery, including usually three stages at a 7-day interval, an axillary block was placed when feasible, after oral premedication midazolam (0.1-0.2 mg.kg-1) with a 25 gauge needle in patients of less than 30 kg of body weight and 22 gauge beyond. The local anaesthetic mixture included 2% lidocaine (5-10 mg.kg-1) and 0.5% bupivacaine (2-3 mg.kg-1). A catheter for repetitive injections had not been inserted. For children less than 10-year-old a parent was present in the theater during all the course of operation. RESULTS: Between 1988 and 1995, 22 patients underwent 160 operative interventions on 54 hands. Regional anaesthesia was used in 142 cases, including 140 axillary and 2 interscalene blocks. General anaesthesia was only required in 20 cases, either alone or associated with regional anaesthesia. The success rate of axillary blocks was 98%. DISCUSSION: For surgery of the hand in patients with RDEB, we switched in 1988 from general anaesthesia with ketamine to axillary block, even in young children, as it is closer to the no-touch principle, which is essential to prevent from blistering. In comparison to general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia raises neither the problems of airway and vascular access, nor those of instrumental monitoring. The main factors of success with regional anaesthesia are technical skills, expertise in the management of patients with RDEB and parental presence in the operating room which makes the procedure less stressful for children.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

[Median clefts of the hand. Classification and therapeutic indications apropos of 29 cases].

Based on a series of 29 patients with median clefts of the hand (29 hands), the authors define the place of this malformation, its various clinical features and the therapeutic indications. The series consists of 13 boys and 7 girls, 9 bilateral cases and 11 unilateral cases. Involvement of the feet was observed in 9 cases. Several children also presented other malformations. 16 children were operated (22 hands). Two types of technique were used: simple closure of the cleft (Barsky's operation) and transposition of the index finger according to the Snow-Littler or Miura-Komada techniques. All operated patients were reviewed with a follow-up of more than one year and the results were assessed in terms of three criteria: overall use of the hand, thumb-index finger pinch grip, aesthetic appearance. The authors propose a new classification of median clefts of the hand based on examination of this series of 20 children: simple clefts with more or less complete absence of the middle finger, complex clefts with syndactyly (especially I and II), transverse bone polydactyly, extensive clefts with severe aplasia of the radial segment of the hand. Clinical and radiological examination confirm the experimental studies by Ogino. Barsky's operation gives satisfactory results in simple forms with parallel fingers. Translocation of the index finger to the base of the 3rd metacarpal is necessary in the presence of divergent fingers and syndactyly. Median clefts of the hand are very distinct from median aplasia, which is always unilateral, with no familial nature and no involvement of the feet and which can be classified together with brachysyndactyly. Each case must be studied before deciding treatment, as functional adaptation is always remarkable. The least favourable surgical results are observed in forms with abnormal position of the index finger (malrotation syndactyly). Lastly, the Snow-Littler operation is not devoid of complications.

Child↗
PubMed1995

[Surgical treatment of camptodactyly].

Almost all anatomical structures of the hand have been held responsible for non-traumatic, non-paralytic flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal joint. Together with Millesi and Flatt, we define camptodactyly as a disorder of flexor-extensor equilibrium in the PIP. This definition determined our therapeutic approach. 59 patients with one or several fingers affected by camptodactyly were followed between 1975 and 1989. In 3 cases, the anomaly was associated with another malformation of the hand and 56 cases, it was isolated. 11 children did not receive any active treatment, but were followed and manipulated. 17 (27 fingers) were treated by static or dynamic splints. 31 (43 fingers) were operated according to the following technique: total anterior tenoarthrolysis leading to recession of the flexor apparatus and lengthening of the skin on the palmar surface of the first phalanx by a rotation flap. This operation was preceded and followed by application of a dynamic extension splint onto the operated finger. Of the 20 fingers treated by manipulations and reviewed, 11 had improved, 7 were stable and 2 had deteriorated. Of the 24 fingers treated by splints and reviewed, 14 had improved, 5 were stable and 5 had deteriorated. Of the 30 fingers operated and reviewed, 30 had improved, 7 were stable and 2 had deteriorated. Although recent anatomical studies tend to indicate that anomalies of the lumbrical muscles are frequent in operated camptodactyly, these studies do not take into account the numerous anomalies of these muscles observed in the general population. The therapeutic conclusion resulting from these studies are also unconvincing. The technique which we propose cannot be applied to every case. The milder forms only require orthopaedic treatment. C camptodactyly in adolescents or adults with joint blocking are only slightly improved by surgery and only require corrective osteotomy. In all other cases, especially in young children, anterior tenoarthrolysis of the finger with cutaneous elongation allows reduction or correction of the deformity.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

[Surgical treatment of duplication of the thumb. Apropos of 106 cases].

The surgical treatment of thumb duplication remains difficult, the sequelae usually observed are aesthetic (ungual dystrophy, hypoplastic pulp, clinodactyly) or functional (joint stiffness or instability). In order to clarify our therapeutic approach, we classify duplications into two types: proximal duplications (Wassel stage IV, V and VI) and distal duplications (Wassel stage I, II and III). Our experience is based on 106 cases operated over the last 15 years (1977). Our indications and operative techniques have progressed since 1988, in particular, we no longer perform Bilhaut-Cloquet operation, and prefer to perform the first operation before the age of one year. Resection of the hypoplastic supernumerary thumb. Preservation of the pulp skin to reconstitute the paronychium and pulp of the remaining thumb. Resection of supplementary joint facets. Meticulous repair of the capsulo-ligamentus apparatus by means of a capsulo-periosteal flap taken from the "sacrificed" thumb. Tendinous reequilibration and reinsertion of thenar muscles. We do not perform systematic subcapital osteotomy. When necessary, this procedure is performed during a complementary operation at the age of 2 to 3 years. Since the introduction of these technical modifications, our functional and aesthetic results have improved. Temporary overcorrection of the pulp is necessary. Parents must be advised that this deliberately hypertrophic appearance becomes normal with growth.

Dermatologic Surgical Procedures↗
PubMed1995

[Fibrolipoma of the median nerve. Review of 10 surgically treated cases with a mean recall of 8 years].

Lipofibromatous hamartoma of the median nerve and its branches is rare, but is the most frequent lesion associated with digital hypertrophy in the upper limb. We present a pediatric series of 8 patients, two of whom had bilateral involvement. Digital enlargement or true macrodactyly was the presenting complaint. Fatty infiltration of the palm was a constant finding and is considered very suggestive of lipofibromatous hamartoma of the median nerve, as confirmed by MRI in cases of uncertain diagnosis. No causal link between the nerve hamartoma and the enlargement of soft tissues in the territory of the nerve has yet been proven; it appears to be a regional disease related to unknown development factors, and other congenital anomalies may be associated in the same territory. Treatment was mostly symptomatic, with carpal tunnel release and superficial removal of epineural proliferation; no interfascicular dissection was performed and we never made any attempt to completely resect the lipofibromatous constituents; no median nerve resection was performed. Debulking of the palm and enlarged digits was associated with nerve decompression, but true macrodactyly required a separate operative procedure and is not the subject of this study. Mean follow-up is 8 years and 5 operated lipofibromas have been reviewed after 13 years. Two-point discrimination was often abnormal, but sensory impairment was stabilized, as well as soft tissue enlargement. However no objective argument can currently support more radical nerve surgery, and the superiority of nerve resection on the course of digital hypertrophy has not been proven.

Child↗
PubMed1995

[Anesthesia for hand surgery in patients with bullous epidermolysis].

Epidermolysis bullosa is a rare genetic disease, characterized by the formation of bullae in the skin and squamous epithelium following minimal trauma. The majority of surgical indications specific to this disease concern autosomal recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB). Hand surgery is one of the fields of surgery involved. The cicatricial course of the lesions results in retraction and pseudosyndactylization of the fingers, sometimes leading to complete destruction of the hand. Since 1988, we have treated 23 patients, including 11 children under the age of 8 years and weighing less than 20 kg. 185 procedures were performed by two anaesthetists, using regional plexus blocks in 157 cases and general anaesthesia in only 28 cases. This series is comparable in number, to that reported by the London team, which prefers general anaesthesia. Regional anaesthesia has been previously used, but only following general anaesthetic induction. Our approach, based on the experience of a hand surgery center, is in marked opposition with this standard paediatric approach. Regional anaesthetic techniques, particularly in the upper limb, present many advantages in addition to their feasibility in small children: efficacy, simplicity, postoperative analgesia, and outpatient comfort. In the context of the specificities and difficulties encountered in the management of these patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa, the authors demonstrate the value of first-line regional anaesthesia, even in very young children (less than 3 years). The presence of a parent in the operating room is a valuable aid, which is still insufficiently used, but which should be used with conviction for the benefit of all concerned.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[Nasolabial musculocutaneous island flap].

The authors describe a musculocutaneous island flap with a superior pedicle raised from the nasolabial sulcus and comprising the levator labii superioris and levator labii superioris alequae nasi. This flap was used in 23 cases to repair defects following resection of skin cancers of the lateral side of the nose, the upper lip and the cheek. The anatomical study of the blood supply of the nasolabial sulcus reveals the existence of a vascular junction within the muscle. The use of this muscle allows an increase in the dimensions, reliability and mobility of previously described flaps.

Aged↗
PubMed1989

[Dujarier's case].

On February 17th, 1926, Charles Dujarier, a fully qualified French surgeon, operated a young model, Mademoiselle Geoffre, who wished to improve the looks of her unbecoming legs. The operation was a disaster. Suture tension was responsible for gangrene that required amputation of the operated leg. The outcome of the lawsuit was severe for Dujarier who was required to pay 200,000 francs compensation, but even more so for plastic surgery that was practically outlawed. Two years later, Dujarier's sentence was confirmed, but plastic surgery was cleared and considered licit on condition that the patient's informed consent be obtained. Dujarier died shortly after the second ruling.

Amputation, Surgical↗