Campylodactyly: Flexor contracture of the fingers in young girls

Effect of Passive Stretching on Simple Camptodactyly in Children Younger Than Three Years of Age

“…1,5,7,14 Accordingly, in mild or moderate cases, conservative treatment is the treatment of choice, and even in severe cases, surgical treatment is usually reserved for cases that do not respond to conservative treatment. 3,5,9,10 Conventional, conservative management modalities for camptodactyly consist of a stretching exercise and splinting. In 1956, Oldfield 3 reported 4 cases that were initially treated using a stretching exercise and a night splint.…”

“…[1][2][3][4] Many theories have been proposed, and much debate has taken place concerning its pathogenesis and management. These various theories have led to the development of a variety of surgical corrections, such as soft tissue release, tendon transfer, and tendon lengthening.…”

“…1,5,6 Although recommendations favoring a more aggressive, surgical approach have been proposed, 7,8 many authors agree that surgical treatment should be reserved for patients who do not respond to conservative care, especially when the condition is mild to moderate. 3,5,9 -12 Several authors have devised conservative treatment protocols and achieved satisfactory results, but these studies are limited by treatment modality inconsistencies, 3,5,11 populations with heterogeneous clustering by age, 5,11 limited case numbers, 3 insufficient clinical data, 3,12 statistical shortcomings, 3,5,9 -12 or too short or no follow-up. 3,12 We studied passive stretching exercises without any splinting or casting to treat children less than 3 years old with simple camptodactyly.…”

“…3,5,9 -12 Several authors have devised conservative treatment protocols and achieved satisfactory results, but these studies are limited by treatment modality inconsistencies, 3,5,11 populations with heterogeneous clustering by age, 5,11 limited case numbers, 3 insufficient clinical data, 3,12 statistical shortcomings, 3,5,9 -12 or too short or no follow-up. 3,12 We studied passive stretching exercises without any splinting or casting to treat children less than 3 years old with simple camptodactyly. This article presents the effectiveness of these exercises for the management of simple camptodactyly of various degrees of severity.…”

Familial Camptodactyly with Taurinuria

“…The flexed fingers which are slender and tapering have a sluggish peripheral circulation. The condition has been described also as congenital contracture of the fingers (Adams,I89I;Neuhof and Oppenheimer,19I4), campylodactyly (Oldfield, 1956), palmar clinodactyly, and congenital Dupuytren's contracture (Currarino and Waldman,I964). Several authors have referred to the anomaly as streblomicrodactyly (Schmidt, 1921;Hefner, I924, 1929, I94I;Ritterskamp, I936; Moore and Messina, I936; Ashley, I947): this, however, applies to the condition in the little fingers, but where one or more fingers are affected camptodactyly is a more appropriate term (Stoddard,I939;Dutta,I965).…”