Inaugural Lecture : Congenital limb deformity : replace, repair or remove
Introduction : The word congenital refers to a condition existing since birth. It is important to distinguish the concepts of congenital and genetic, the two terms that are often confusing to many people. Congenital abnormality indicates that the feature is present at birth and can be caused by...
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12612/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12612/1/Congenital%20Limb%20Deformity.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction :
The word congenital refers to a condition existing since birth. It is important
to distinguish the concepts of congenital and genetic, the two terms that
are often confusing to many people. Congenital abnormality indicates that
the feature is present at birth and can be caused by genetic or non-genetic
disorder. Hence `congenital deformity', also known as the birth defect, is
a condition that exists at or before birth regardless of the causes, while the
term `congenital anomalies' specifically indicates the structural deformities
and normally involved structural defects in a developing fetus.
Congenital deformities occur in approximately 3% of live newborns. The
incidence of congenital deformity causing deaths is almost 632,000 cases
in 2013. The type of deformities that most contributed to the death tolls
is congenital heart defect, followed by neural tube defects (GBD, 2014).
Congenital limb deformities occur in approximately 6 per 10,000 live
births, with the upper limb affected more as compared to the lower limb.
The congenital limb deformities usually associated with other congenital
deformities such as cardiovascular, nervous or genitourinary system
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