Table 1 Characteristics of included studies
From: Correction of symbrachydactyly: a systematic review of surgical options
Author (year) | Treatment method | Included patient diagnosis | Number of patients (digit elongations) | Age in months (mean) | Female (%) | Average follow-up time (months) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buck-Gramcko (1990) [4] | Non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly and constriction ring syndrome. Finger devoid of a bony skeleton at the level of the proximal phalanges or intermediate large bone defects in digits (mainly thumb) | 40 (69) | Range 7Â months to 17Â years | Not reported | 36 |
Cavallo (2003) [8] | Non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly, constriction band syndrome, aphalangia | 22 (64) | 15 | 41 | 59 |
Deutinger (1989) [13] | Web reconstruction | Symbrachydactyly and syndactyly | 29 (62) | 144 | 34 | - |
Foucher (2001)-V [17] | Vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 45), transverse deficiency (n = 2), thumb hypoplasia (n = 5), miscellaneous (n = 6) | 58 (65) | 16 | Not reported | 62 |
Foucher (2001)-D [20] | Distraction osteogenesis | Symbrachydactyly (n = 21), clinodactyly (n = 5), Apert (n = 4), brachydactyly (n = 7), others (n = 4) | 41 (41) | 109 | Not reported | 8 |
Garagnani (2012) [22] | Non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 33), constriction ring syndrome (n = 3), thumb hypoplasia (n = 3), perinatal subclavian venous thrombosis (n = 1) | 40 (126) | 32 | 58 | 122 |
Gohla (2005) [23] | Non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly | 48 (113) | 43 | 44 | 72 |
Hierner (1998) [30] | Distraction osteogenesis | Symbrachydactyly (n = 2), adactyly with transversal defect and acrosyndactyly (n = 3) | 5 (9) | 14.6 | Not reported | 12 |
Iba (2012) [33] | Web reconstruction | Symbrachydactyly (n = 2), cleft hand (n = 1), constriction band syndrome (n = 1) | 2 (3) |  | 20 | 49.5 |
Hulsemann (2002) [31] | Vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly of the peromelic type | 11 (22) | 48 | Not reported | 64 |
Kawabata (2018) [40] | Non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly | 29 (54) | 18 | Not reported | 89 |
Leca (2008) [44] | Non-vascularized and vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly | 3 (7) | 14 | 0 | 84 |
Li (2013) [45] | Web reconstruction | Symbrachydactyly of the short finger type | 34 (120) | 31 | 38 | 12 |
Lister [48] | Vascularized transfer | Congenitally deficient thumbs: Symbrachydactyly (n = 3), constriction ring syndrome (n = 3), transverse arrest (n = 6) | 12 (12) | 36 | Not reported | 48 |
Mann (2016) [49] | Distraction osteogenesis | Symbrachydactyly (n = 32) and amniotic band syndrome (n = 10) | 60 (71) | 104 | Not reported | - |
Matsuno (2004) [52] | Distraction osteogenesis | Symbrachydactyly (n = 3) amniotic band syndrome, hypoplastic thumb, hypoplasia of the small finger, cleft hand, metacarpal synostosis, and brachymetacarpia | 15 (23) | Not reported | Not reported | 59 |
Miyawaki (2002) [54] | Distraction osteogenesis | Symbrachydactyly (Müller type D) | 4 (7) | 88 | 25 | - |
Nikkhah (2016) [60] | Vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 12), trauma (n = 3) | 12 (19) | 28 | Not reported | 78 |
Richardson (2004) [68] | Vascularized toe to hand transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 7 monodactylic form, n = 6 adactylic) | 13 (18) | 31 | Not reported | - |
Sabapathy (2021) [63] | Non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 18), bilateral transverse deficiency (n = 1) | 19 (40) | Not reported | 37 | 53 |
Schenker (2007) [70] | Vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 8) | 8 | 34.5 | Not reported | 57 |
Shen (2022) [73] | Web reconstruction non-vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 16), symbrachydactyly (congenital short finger (n = 4), oligodactylic type (n = 6), monodactylic type (n = 6), peromelic type (n = 3)), and ring constriction syndrome (n = 1) | 16 (72) 20 (56) | Median 24.4 months (range 7 to 84) | 44 | 19 |
Unglaub (2006) [77] | Non-vascularized transfer Vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (congenital short finger (n = 4), oligodactylic type (n = 6), monodactylic type (n = 6), peromelic type (n = 3)), and ring constriction syndrome (n = 1). Symbrachydactyly (n = 2), constriction ring syndrome (n = 3), transverse absence (n = 9) | 20 (56) 14 (28) | 58 | Not reported | 42 |
Van Holder (1999) [78] | Vascularized transfer | Symbrachydactyly (n = 2), constriction ring syndrome (n = 3), transverse absence (n = 9) | 14 (28) | 44 | 29 | - |