{"id":707,"date":"2025-11-28T23:31:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T23:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/?p=707"},"modified":"2026-01-06T05:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T05:39:04","slug":"complete-complex-syndactyly-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/complete-complex-syndactyly-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Syndactyly Release and Reconstruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Cory Sandone, MA, CMI<\/p>

Dr. Scott Lifchez, MD<\/p>

Johns Hopkins Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery<\/p>

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Syndactyly is a congenital condition in which two or more fingers do not fully separate during development, leaving them fused. Surgical release is typically performed between 12 and 18 months of age to support normal growth and function. The patient observed was 5 years old and presented with bilateral complete complex syndactyly of the fourth and fifth digits or ring and small finger. This means fusion extended to the fingertips involving a bony connection. The patient also had simple incomplete syndactyly between the third and fourth digits. Due to the length disparity between the ring and small fingers, their separation is prioritized to prevent progressive angular deformity and soft-tissue tension. Release of the middle and ring fingers will be planned for a future procedure.<\/span><\/p>

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Syndactyly Release and Reconstruction YEAR 2025 \u00a0 CLIENT Cory Sandone, MA, CMI Dr. Scott Lifchez, MD Johns Hopkins Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery \u00a0 MEDIA Graphite\u00a0 |\u00a0 Photoshop \u00a0 DESCRIPTION Syndactyly is a congenital condition in which two or more fingers do not fully separate during development, leaving them fused. Surgical release is typically […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medical"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1692,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707\/revisions\/1692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mbiportfolio.com\/JamieHefley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}