Surgical treatment of congenital radial clubhand

In choosing the surgical method of correction of radial clubhand, one must take into consideration the age of the patient, the anatomical, radiographic and pathological alterations, and lastly the function of the homolateral elbow. Angiographic studies of the malformation have proved of value in revealing the possible coexistence of a normal vascular bed with hypogenesis of the radius. The esthetic and functional results obtained with two different surgical techniques, and followed up over the years, are reported in a fifteen year old boy and an eight year old girl.