Pediatric Hand Surgery

Giorgio Pajardi is full Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, where he is director of various courses on hand surgery and rehabilitation. While hand surgery is his principal field of interest, he is also a specialist in peripheral nerve surgery, neuro-orthopedic surgery, and reconstructive microsurgery. His mentor was Professor Guy Foucher, and Professor Pajardi adheres to the French School's emphasis on hand surgery and hand rehabilitation as synergistic pillars of treatment. Professor Pajardi is the author of approximately 221 national and international publications and is a regular lecturer at national and international congresses, and 18 books. He is a member of the Italian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the Italian Society of Hand Surgery, and the International Federation of Hand Surgery Societies the European Federation of Hand Surgery Societies and Italian Osciety of Microsurgery and ASSH American Society for the Surgery of the Hand. He is also President of Centro Studi Mano, a cultural not for profit foundation whose statutory goal is to promote teaching and improve career pathways for young students and Associazione La Mano del Bambino, assisting babies, children and their Families.

1. The congenital hand: psychological aspects.- 2. Babies hand imaging and X-ray.- 3. Hand's defect: an isolated anomaly or a syndromic disease?.- 4. Pediatric trigger finger.- 5. Camptodactyly.- 6. Syndactyly.- 7. Symbracytactyly.- 8. Central Synpolydactyly.- 9. Thumb polydactyly.- 10. Ulnar Polydactyly.- 11. Cleft hand or split hand foot malformation.- 12. Brachydactyly type D and E.- 13. Progressive bone distraction lengthening in the treatment of congenital malformations.- 14. Surgical Management of the Blauth 1 TO 3A Thumb Hypoplasia.- 15. Thumb Hypoplasia: Genesia, Pollicization.- 16. Radial longitudinal deficiency: Classification and Surgical Technique.- 17. Radial club hand: microvascular reconstruction.- 18. Metacarpal Synostosis.- 19. Epidermolysis Bullosa.- 20. Arthrogriposis: introduction and classification.- 21. Thumb in Arthrogryposis.- 22. Vascular Malformations.- 23. Macrodactilies.- 24. Rehabilitation in Congenital Hand and Forearm Defecta Rehabilitation.- 25. Palliative Surgery in Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy.- 26. Nerve Injuries.- 27. Flexor Tendons Lesions in children: Diagnosis, Treatment and early active motion rehabilitation.- 28. Paediatric Hand Fractures.- 29. Replantation.- 30. Hand Transplantation in Children.- 31. Pediatric Hand Trauma.- 32. Toe-To-Hand Transfers for Post-Traumatic and Congenital Reconstruction in Children.- 33. Compartment Syndromes (C.S.), Volkmann's and upper limb vascular pathology in the peri- and neonatal period.- 34. Post-operative Dressings and Care.- 35. Association to Support Babies and Families.