W ebbing of the digits, or syndactyly, is not caused by the fingers sticking together in the womb; rather, it is caused by failure, during the sixth to eighth weeks of intrauterine life, of the usual longitudinal interdigital necrosis that normally separates the fingers. This " webbing " is the most common abnormality of the newborn hand. It happens either as an isolated anomaly or as part of a...
