Uvod: Ishodi kirurškog liječenja sindaktilije i polidaktilije šake u dječjoj dobi mogu se procjenjivati na temelju objektivnih metoda i
subjektivnog dojma roditelja bolesnika.
Materijali i metode: Proveli smo retrospektivnu studiju rezultata 5-godišnjeg liječenja 47-ero bolesnika sa sindaktilijom ili polidaktilijom
šaka putem telefonske ankete. Ukupan odaziv na telefonsku anketu iznosio je 68%.
Rezultati: Tridesetero ispitanih roditelja (94%) nije navelo nikakve funkcijske tegobe, dok je dvoje (6%) navelo kako njihova djeca
imaju poteškoća s pisanjem. Osmero roditelja djece (25%) navelo je slabiju pokretljivost operiranih prstiju, od čega dvoje (6%) ima
poteškoća u adaptaciji na svakodnevni život. Šestero roditelja (19%) nije zadovoljno s izgledom ožiljka, a njih dvoje (6%) je tražilo
drugo mišljenje u drugim ustanovama.
Rasprava i zaključak: Roditelji djece s palčanom polidaktilijom šake naveli su najlošije rezultate što se tiče poslijeoperacijske pokretljivosti
prstiju. Taj je rezultat konzistentan s dostupnom literaturom. Zadovoljstvo bolesnika u velikoj je mjeri ovisilo o izgledu poslijeoperacijskog
ožiljka.Outcomes of surgical treatment of hand syndactyly and polydactyly in childhood can be measured by objective methods or by
subjective impression of the patient’s parents. We performed a 5-year retrospective study of the treatment of 47 patients with either
syndactyly or polydactyly of the hands over a telephone questionnaire. Response rate to the questionnaire was 68%. Thirty (94%)
parents did not report any kind of functional impairment, whereas two (6%) parents stated that their children had diffi culties while
writing. Eight (25%) parents described stiff ness of the operated fi ngers, of which only two (6%) had diffi culties in adjustment to everyday
life. Parents of six patients (19%) were not satisfi ed with the scar and two (6%) parents had sought second opinion in another
hospital. Parents of the patients in whom we had performed correction of radial polydactyly reported worst results in terms of stiff -
ness of the fi ngers, which is consistent with the available literature data. The satisfaction of patient’s parents largely depends on the
surgical scar appearance
