The Wassel classification is used to categorise radial polydactyly, based upon the most proximal level of skeletal duplication.[1]

Classification

TypeLevel of duplication
IDistal phalanx
IIInterphalangeal joint
IIIProximal phalanx
IVMetacarpophalangeal joint
VMetacarpal
VICarpometacarpal joint
VIITriphalangia

References

  1. ^ "Orthobullets". Retrieved 27 October 2014.