Systematic Reviews
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2023. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Orthop. Mar 18, 2023; 14(3): 155-165
Published online Mar 18, 2023. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v14.i3.155
Prenatal radiographic evaluation of congenital transverse limb deficiencies: A scoping review
Neeraj Vij, Luis F Goncalves, Aaron Llanes, Sean Youn, Mohan V Belthur
Neeraj Vij, Mohan V Belthur, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, United States
Luis F Goncalves, Department of Radiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, United States
Aaron Llanes, Sean Youn, Department of Orthopedics, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ 85004, United States
Author contributions: Vij N, Belthur M, Llanes A, Youn S, Goncalves LF contributed equally to his work. Vij N, Belthur M, Goncalves LF designed research. Vij N, Belthur M, Llanes A, Youn S, Goncalves LF performed research. Vij N, Belthur M, Llanes A, Youn S, Goncalves LF contributed to the analytic tools. Vij N, Belthur M, Llanes A, Youn S, Goncalves LF analyzed data. Vij N, Belthur M, Llanes A, Youn S, Goncalves LF wrote the paper.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors have any conflicts of interest.
PRISMA 2009 Checklist statement: The authors have read the PRISMA 2009 Checklist, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the PRISMA 2009 Checklist.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Neeraj Vij, BSc, Research Fellow, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ 85016, United States. neerajvij@email.arizona.edu
Received: November 20, 2022
Peer-review started: November 20, 2022
First decision: January 9, 2023
Revised: January 18, 2023
Accepted: February 17, 2023
Article in press: February 17, 2023
Published online: March 18, 2023
Processing time: 117 Days and 12.2 Hours
Core Tip

Core Tip: Early diagnosis can lead to early, appropriate, family-centered care strategies with the current literature supporting both non-operative and surgical management.