A classification for congenital limb malformations

J Hand Surg Am · 1976 · Classic · cited 429 times

Alfred B. Swanson

Hand & Upper Extremity

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONThis 1976 paper presents the ASSH/IFSSH/ISPO classification of congenital limb malformations, grouping them into seven categories by embryological failure, and reports it to be practical and well conceived in use at several centers.

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