Children are congenitally polydacty, and when is it better to have surgery? This has always been a problem that parents are more worried about, and some parents are not clear whether it is a good operation when the child is young, or a good operation when the child is older. Here I will reply to you in a unified way.
Whether the child is multi-fingered or co-fingered, the optimal age for surgery is not large. We recommend that if possible, try to intervene as early as possible. Before the operation, a detailed surgical plan should be formulated according to the child's filming situation. As long as the child is in good health and weighs more than 6 kg, it is recommended that the operation can be performed at 3-6 months. And pointed out that we recommend that in about 6 months can be divided into fingers.
Congenital polydactyly
Like polydystems, because the child's thumb function is established about six months or so, this time the child begins to use the thumb normally, if we do it later, the time for the establishment of the thumb function will slowly pass. In addition to the problem of surgery time, many parents are also more concerned about the anesthesia problem of surgery.
Congenital and referential
Children have multiple thumbs and we use general anesthesia during surgery. A single short period of anesthesia will not affect the child's intelligence and development. Now anesthesia drugs are very advanced, and our anesthesiologists are infant and young child cardiac anesthesiologists, and the anesthesia method used is inhalation anesthesia plus local analgesia. Anesthesia will be based on the child's specific situation, kilogram weight, etc., accurate calculation of the anesthesia dose, so that the child into a sleeping state, the whole body muscles are relaxed, do not feel pain, in the anesthesia process we anesthesiologists will closely observe the child's changes, according to the changes in vital signs to make corresponding treatment.
After the operation, the remaining medicine in your child's body will be excreted with the metabolism and will soon wake up, without affecting your child. Therefore, parents should not worry too much, as long as they choose a professional doctor for surgery, it will not affect their children.