Symbrachydactyly

Symbrachydactyly is a congenital hand disorder characterized by abnormally short fingers that are sometimes webbed or conjoined.

There are three levels of severity:

• Most children have a thumb that is essentially normal but remaining fingers that are short, stiff and may be webbed.
• In other cases, only the thumb or the thumb and little finger are present.
• In the most severe cases, all fingers are missing and little stumps of skin are located where fingers would have developed.

In most cases of symbrachydactyly, your child’s underlying muscles, nerves, tendons, ligaments and bones of the hand will also be affected.