Epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies in Korea: A nationwide population-based study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to analyze the epidemiology of congenital upper limb anomalies (CULA) in Korea. We evaluated the incidence of each type of CULA, the presence of coexisting anomalies and the surgical treatment status in CULA patients. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients aged < 1 year between 2007 and 2016 who were registered with CULA in the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service of Korea. In total, 10,704 patients had CULA, including 6,174 boys (57.7%) and 4,530 girls (42.3%). The mean annual incidence of CULA was 23.5 per 10,000 live births; it was significantly higher in boys than in girls (26.3 vs. 20.5, p < 0.001). Among the four categories of CULA-polydactyly, syndactyly, limb deficiency, and other anomalies-polydactyly was the most common. In total, 4,149 p

SUBMITTER: Shin YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7943020 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature