Ganga hospital specializes in reconstructive surgery to enable children with congential hand anomalies to lead a normal life. We are ably supported by a very skilled team specialised in Pediatrics and Pediatric anesthesiology. We have an excellent rehabilitation team consisting of physiotherapists and social workers.
Ganga is a one stop centre to bring out the best in the children.
Syndactyly or webbed fingers is one of the most common hand anomalies in the world.
Symbrachydactyly involves short fingers, webbing of fingers and underdevelopment of the hand or whole limb.
Constriction ring syndrome is one of the common anomalies encountered in Asian population.
Double thumbs can range from varying degrees of longitudinal splitting to triphalangeal thumbs.
Hypoplasia of thumb can range from a slightly smaller thumb to absence of thumb.
The extra fingers can be in the centre or on the side of the little finger. The finger can be fully formed or lying hanging loosely.
Radial longitudinal deficiency involves underdevelopment of the radius, one of the forearm bones and the structures along its axis including the thumb.
Macrodactyly is an overgrowth anomaly that can affect the fingers or toes. It can affect single or multiple digits or the whole limb (hemihypertrophy). Treatment options include amputation and staged reconstruction.
Pediatric trigger thumb is a relatively common condition. The main decision to be made is whether to operate or not.
Cleft hand is a congenital anomaly where the central digits are absent by birth with a cleft in the middle. It can affect one or both hands or the feet. Surgery may or may not be needed.
Chairman
Chairman, Division of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Microsurgery and Burns
Dr S Raja Sabapathy was recently awarded the 2022 Pediatric Visiting Professorship at the Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, USA. He delivered the Diveley Paediatric Orthopaedic Visiting Lecture on 26.09.2022.
Dr Monusha Mohan visited the medical centres in Edinburgh and Glasgow under the guidance of Dr Wee Lam, Dr Adrian Murphy and Dr Iain McGraw. She was trained in the management of children with congenital hand anomalies during her visit to the Royal hospital for children at Edinburgh and Glasgow.
The congenital quiz event was conducted between the continents: The Americas vs Asia vs Europe. Dr Monusha Mohan represented India/Asia at the quiz event.
This article was published in the British Journal of Plastic Surgery 1990.
This article on macrosyndactyly was published in the renowned journal, Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume).
This article was published in the official journal of the American Society for the Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), Journal of Hand Surgery.
This is an open access article published in the renowned Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Open (PRS Open). It elaborates the procedure we did to reconstruct a single fingered hand using foot transfer.
This article was published in the Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, April 2021.
This article was published in Journal of Hand Surgery (European vol.) in June 2023.
