Use of an external fixator for treatment of patients with syndactylia of the hand

Abstract

The technology of syndactylia treatment is presented, which consists in graduated controlled and coordinated transferring phalanges and hand metacarpal bones with an external fixator to make a soft tissue reserve in interdigital spaces with their further plasty. Unlike conventional methods of treatment, formation of the interdigital spaces is performed only at the expense of local tissues, skin grafts should not be used, because their taking damages the donor site and results in appearing disfiguring scars in the place of taking.