Patient's question:
How to deal with a child having extra fingers? What age is appropriate for treatment? What was the previous treatment situation? What kind of help do you want to receive?Doctor's answer:
A small extra finger on the left thumb is called "polydactyly" by doctors, which is one of the most common hand deformities. According to statistics from the United States, the incidence of this condition is relatively low, approximately one in 12,500. The causes of this phenomenon are varied, but it is believed that the mechanism that induces finger development may go wrong during the sixth to eighth week of embryonic development. If it contains bone or can move on its own, it can be surgically removed at about one to one and a half years of age.