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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
An 11-year total population study of Western Australia examined the prevalence and epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies. All anomalies were classified according to the International Federation of Surgical Societies of the Hand classification. We found the prevalence of babies born with upper limb anomalies to be 1 in 506. Forty-six percent of those affected had another nonhand congenital anomaly. Fifty-one percent had bilateral hand anomalies, and 17% had multiple different hand anomalies. The most common anomalies were failures of differentiation (35%), duplications (33%), and failures of formation (15%). Congenital upper limb anomalies were more common in boys; preterm, postterm, and multiple births; and older mothers. No significant differences in prevalence or frequency of anomalies were found between whites and nonwhites, left and right sides, and in babies that survived and those who died shortly after birth.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0363-5023
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
628-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The incidence and epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies: a total population study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic Surgery, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article