Abstract

Digital deformities in paediatrics are one of the reasons why parents go to the podiatry clinic with their children. There is a great diversity of digital alterations in the feet, the origin of the vast majority is genetic. Due to this diversity, different treatments are offered depending on the deformity. Among those that stand out are conservative, surgery or even not applying any treatment, just observation. This study is a bibliographic review that has been carried out after using different search equations and applying a series of inclusion and exclusion criteria, obtaining a total of 10 articles (N = 10).50% of the studies belong to samples where the authors affirm that surgical treatment is the most appropriate in deformities such as polydactyly and macrodactyly, treated in the first months of life. The remaining 50% are bibliographic studies, where their authors defend conservative treatment as the first therapeutic option in most deformities, based on silicone orthoses, bandages and passive stretching, and if it is not enough, apply surgery. The age factor is so important and in some early detection becomes more important.

Keywords: Digital deformities, paediatrics, foot.