CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2016; 49(03): 424-425
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.197231
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Cross-sectional study of epidemiology of congenital anomaly of the hand in a tertiary care centre in India over 1 year

Nikunj B. Mody
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Shankar Srinivasan
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
,
Mukund Thatte
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Further Information

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Mukund Thatte
Burns Research Unit, B.J. Wadia Hospital
Acharya Donde Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, Maharashtra
India   

Publication History

Publication Date:
26 August 2019 (online)

 

 


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Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Address for correspondence:

Dr. Mukund Thatte
Burns Research Unit, B.J. Wadia Hospital
Acharya Donde Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, Maharashtra
India   

  • REFERENCES

  • 1 Ghorpade N, Goyal N, John J. Prevalence of musculoskeletal abnormalities in newborn: A 10 years retrospective analysis of 10,674 neonates in Indian population at a tertiary care hospital. J Clin Neonatol 2015; 4: 104-8
  • 2 Gibbons L, Belizán JM, Lauer JA, Betran AP, Merialdi M, Althabe F. The Global Numbers and Costs of Additionally Needed and Unnecessary Caesarean Sections Performed per Year: Overuse as a Barrier to Universal Coverage. World Health Report, Background Paper, No. 30 2010
  • 3 Goldfarb CA, Wall LB, Bohn DC, Moen P, Van Heest AE. Epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies in a Midwest United States population: An assessment using the Oberg, Manske, and Tonkin classification. J Hand Surg Am 2015; 40: 127-32.e1-2
  • 4 Vasluian E, van der Sluis CK, van Essen AJ, Bergman JE, Dijkstra PU, Reinders-Messelink HA. et al. Birth prevalence for congenital limb defects in the Northern Netherlands: A 30-year population-based study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2013; 14: 323