Measuring the aesthetic and functional outcome of pollicization

J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2024 Oct;49(9):1160-1162. doi: 10.1177/17531934241247280. Epub 2024 Apr 27.

Abstract

We retrospectively investigated the importance of aesthetics after pollicization in 12 pollicized thumbs in nine patients with current objective and subjective measurements. Subjective improvements in appearance and function correlated even though improvement of function was of greater importance.

Keywords: Congenital; pollicization; thumb hypoplasia.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Esthetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Thumb* / surgery
  • Young Adult