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Distraction and microvascular epiphysis transfer for radial club hand.
This paper presents a different technique of treatment for Bayne type IV radial club hand using a microvascular joint transfer in order to reconstruct the absent half of the wrist joint, aiming for better movement and stability at the wrist joint with preservation of longitudinal growth. The method uses preoperative soft tissue distraction to obtain proper alignment of the hand on the ulna before the second metatarsophalangeal joint with the whole metatarsal bone is transplanted. The treatment takes about 4 months and the optimum period for surgery is during the second year of life. Pollicization is added later in the normal manner. The new technique has been used in 12 cases by the author since 1987 and the results of the first nine cases are reported with a mean follow-up of 6 years. This technique appears to be promising but is demanding because of the microvascular joint transplantation at an early age.
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