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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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International comparison of the current practices of the management of post-axial accessory digits on a stalk

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  • presenting/speaker Sarbjit Kaur - Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Plastic Surgery Department, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Sami Al-Ani - Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Plastic Surgery Department, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Kerstin Oestreich - Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Plastic Surgery Department, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Ruth Lester - Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Plastic Surgery Department, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Andrea Jester - Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital, Plastic Surgery Department, Birmingham, United Kingdom

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSSH19-266

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh0107, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh01073

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Kaur 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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Background: Birmingham Children's Hospital has an established service for referral of all children with post axial accessory digits at the time of birth. The service is a one stop clinic, where the child is seen and if suitable immediately treated with a surgical resection under local anaesthesia. A comprehensive literature review was carried out and does not advocate any clear recommendations.

Aim: To compare the current clinical practice in the management of post axial accessory digits on a stalk internationally.

Methods: We have distributed a standardized online questionnaire's via 'survey monkey' to pediatric hand surgeons in Europe and the US to compare the current practice in the management of post axial accessory digits across other units.

Results and Conclusions: There are various techniques used, we will present the results of the survey monkey and discuss advantages and disadvantages.