Ultrasound detection of soft and bony tissues in congenital hand malformations. Examples taken in daily paediatric surgical clinics

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Fette, Andreas^{; *}

Affiliations: Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Dr. Andreas Fette, c/o Paediatric Surgery, Children's Hospital, Spitalstrasse, CH-6000 Lucerne 16, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 41 205 2509; Fax: +41 41 205 3190; E-mail: andreas.fette@ksl.ch/andreas.fette@gmx.de.

Abstract: According to the everyday use of ultrasound in the whole field of paediatric surgery we would like to define its potential role in the assessment of congenital hand malformation (CHM). We therefore tested it for several diagnoses like digitus saltans, camptodactylism, triphalangeal thumb and syndrome-associated malformations in comparison as well as in addition to clinical and x-ray findings. All soft and bony tissue details could be displayed reasonable giving the paediatric surgeon additional information. Additional information that is available at the bedside, non-invasive, less costly and does not use ionising radiation.

DOI: 10.3233/THC-2006-14102

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 13-17, 2006