A New Surgical Technique for Postaxial Polydactyly of the Foot

Abstract

A new technique for the treatment of the most common type of postaxial polysyndactyly of the foot is presented. The technique employs four local flaps and a skin graft from the pedal area. The outermost skeletal elements and nail tissue were excised, while the fourth interdigital commissure was deepened. This differs from historical techniques of desyndactylization in the hand that have been applied to surgery in the foot. The new technique is characterized by minimal waste of tissue from the outermost toe with preservation of the dominant fifth toe.