Syndactyly

Chapter 27 of Volume 1, Hand & Upper Limb. Revision notes and examiner-style viva questions with model answers for the FRCS (Plast).

10 viva questions in this chapter

1. Please describe this photograph.
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2. What is syndactyly, and how do you classify it?
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3. Tell me about the OMT classification.
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4. How common is it?
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5. What is the embryological insult?
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6. When would you operate?
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7. Talk me through drawing the incisions.
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8. Do you use a graft? Can you avoid one?
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9. Would you manage an Apert hand differently?
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10. What are the complications, and how do you manage them?
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