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Congenital Amputation


Congenital-AmputationCongenital amputation affects approximately 1 out every 2,000 babies. When a child is diagnosed with congenital amputation, they are expected to be missing a limb or part at birth.

Some babies are born with half of a finger missing, while others are born with no arms or legs. Although there is no exact cause of the birth defect, exposure to tetratogens during pregnancy can cause congenital amputation. Tight amniotic bands may squeeze the fetus in utero, which could prevent limbs from developing properly.

Although a prenatal ultrasound examination may show an absent limb, many cases are not discovered until birth. If a doctor sees a problem with a limb on ultrasound, other tests will be ordered.

Treatment for congenital amputation involves plastic surgery and prosthetics.





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anj1977 - 303 days ago.
Guess I will be the first to post... I have a little guy born last September. He was born with most of his left arm missing and missing his femur and fibula on his left side. He also has a vulgas(turned out) club foot on the left side, and a shortened femur on his right side. We were told possibly from amniotic bands, one doc said it may have been a vascular issue when he was in womb still(he had two holes in his heart), and on doc said simply that there may be no explanation just what God intended for him. We have been to numerous specialists and he has been in therapy since 3 weeks of age to help him build strength and keep him on track developmentally. We recently saw Shriners Hospital and they have a some ideas of what our next steps are to get him walking. If anyone has been down this road, I would love to hear from you.


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