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59. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie

11. - 13.10.2018, Mannheim

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Assessing the fetal hands – an antenatal perspective

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  • corresponding author presenting/speaker Coralia Victoria Stefanescu - Euromaterna Hospital, Constanta, Romania
  • Raluca Laura Stefanescu - County Emergency Hospital Constanta, Constanta, Romania

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie. 59. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie. Mannheim, 11.-13.10.2018. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2018. Doc18dgh085

doi: 10.3205/18dgh085, urn:nbn:de:0183-18dgh0856

Published: October 10, 2018

© 2018 Stefanescu et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Objectives: The morphologic and functional anomalies of the fetal hand are often difficult to diagnose and are sometimes overlooked during usual prenatal scans.

Method: The authors are reviewing the main anomalies of the fetal hand, including the complete work-up as well as counselling for these cases.

Results: The best moments for ultrasound examination of the hands are late in the first trimester (during the morphological scan) and in the middle of the second trimester of gestation.

The spectrum of malformations varies from subtle finger deformation to the complete amputation of limbs.

Conclusion: A hand anomaly may be isolated but often is associated with a specific syndrome condition. Therefore the prenatal diagnosis and counselling remain very important due to prognostic implications as well as functional consequences.