[Strategies in Treatment of Congenital Hand Malformation]

The aim of the treatment of congenital hand anomalies is to achieve a functional improvement in order to enable patients to lead an independent life. As parents have to decide for their children early in life, they have to be convinced of the treatment proposal. One and the same disease may present with various individual pathologies, which may require intraoperative changes of the previously planned procedure. Because of possible changes during growth, doctors have to keep in touch with the patients up to the end of adolescence. This article presents our algorithm and surgical techniques for dealing with children with hand malformations.