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. 2021 Mar 9;16(3):e0248105. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248105

Table 6. The proportion of patients who underwent operative treatment for congenital hand and upper extremity anomaly (CULA) in South Korea from 2007 to 2016 within minimum three years of diagnosis.

Diagnostic code Proportion (%)
Total 44.6
Polydactyly 73.4
Q690. Accessory finger(s) 77.5
Q691. Accessory thumb(s) 79.6
Q699. Polydactyly unspecified* 72.4
Syndactyly 65.3
Q700. Fused fingers 70.2
Q701. Webbed fingers 61.0
Q704. Polysyndactyly* 80.7
Q709. Syndactyly, unspecified* 63.0
Limb deficiency 27.6
Q710. Congenital complete absence of upper limb(s) 16.7
Q711. Congenital absence of upper arm and forearm with hand present 20.0
Q712. Congenital absence of both forearm and hand 12.5
Q713. Congenital absence of hand and finger(s) 26.7
Q714. Longitudinal reduction defect of radius 32.5
Q715. Longitudinal reduction defect of ulna 20.0
Q716. Lobster–claw hand 47.8
Q718. Other reduction defects of upper limb(s) 32.2
Q719. Reduction defect of upper limb, unspecified 44.4
Q730. Congenital absence of unspecified limb(s)* 0.0
Q731. Phocomelia, unspecified limb(s)* 0.0
Q738. Other reduction of unspecified limb(s)* 22.2
Other anomalies 10.0
Q681. Congenital deformity of hand 15.6
Q688. Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities of U/E 4.0
Q740. Other congenital malformations of upper limb(s), including shoulder girdle 9.0
Q743. Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita* 14.0
Q748. Other specified congenital malformations of limb(s)* 12.3
Q749. Unspecified congenital malformation of limb(s)* 18.8