Parental Assessment of Status of Congenital Upper Limb Differences: Analysis of the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the range of the Pediatric Outcomes Collection Instrument (PODCI) scores for children with a wide variety of congenital upper limb differences and to examine the scoring effect of the patient's surgical history, family history, severity of involvement, and syndromic associations.

Methods

We reviewed the PODCI scores for 109 patients, aged 2-18 years, treated for nontraumatic upper extremity conditions. Charts were reviewed for sex, age, extent of limb involvement, laterality, family history, surgical history, and syndrome association. All patients were classified based on the Oberg, Manske, Tonkin classification with general categories of malformation, deformation, or dysplasia.

Results

Of 109 patients, 80 (73%) had a malformation, 12 (11%) had a

SUBMITTER: Wall LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4769941 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature