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Correction of Contracture and Recurrence Rates of Dupuytren Contracture Following Invasive Treatment: The Importance of Clear Definitions [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hand Surgery, 2012
PURPOSE: To call attention to the wide variety of definitions for recurrence that have been employed in studies of different invasive procedures for the treatment of Dupuytren contracture and how this important limitation has contributed to the wide ...
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Dupuytrenʼs Contracture

Southern Medical Journal, 1991
Dupuytren's contracture is a disease of the palmar and digital fascia that results in a flexion deformity of the fingers. Although the first case was reported more than 350 years ago, many questions remain unanswered. With our present state of knowledge, treatment remains empiric and operative intervention is the only successful mode of treatment ...
J, Riolo   +3 more
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Dupuytren’s Contracture

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1952
DUPUYTREN'S contracture was first shown to be a disease of the palmar fascia by Dupuytren just 120 years ago. Since that time an exhaustive literature has grown up about it, but knowledge concerning its exact etiology is still not complete, nor is there agreement as to the nature of the pathologic changes which are found in the excised fascia. There is
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Dupuytren’s Contracture

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1998
Dupuytren's contracture is a fibroproliferative disorder of autosomal dominant inheritance that most commonly affects men over age 60 who are of Scandinavian, Irish, or eastern European descent. Local microvessel ischemia in the hand and specific platelet-derived and fibroblast growth factors act at the cellular level to promote the dense myofibroblast
L S, Benson, C S, Williams, M, Kahle
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Dupuytren’s Contracture

Hand Clinics, 1989
Dupuytren's contracture can be controlled by surgery and hand function can be markedly improved. Surgery is not, however, a definitive cure and patients should be so advised, especially when the disease starts in the younger age group.
N A, Hill, L C, Hurst
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Dupuytren’s Contracture

Southern Medical Journal, 1961
The author reviews the methods of surgical attack which have been used in this condition and his preferences and results.
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DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1954
Abstract Data are presented on the author's experience with seventy-nine cases of Dupuytren's contracture in comparison with a large number of cases taken from the literature. Limited excision of the diseased palmar fascia is favored by the author. Emphasis is placed on the importance of surgical judgment concerning the viability of palmar flaps. The
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Deltoid contracture: a case with multiple muscle contractures

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 2007
Deltoid contracture is relatively uncommon. The literature consists primarily of case reports and few articles on large case series. The pathogenesis has been well studied. Muscle contractures can occur in the deltoid, biceps, triceps, gluteus and quadriceps muscles; however, cases of multiple muscle contractures are rare.
Hsin-Chang, Chen   +3 more
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Multiple Congenital Contractures

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics B, 1997
A cross-sectional study of 28 patients with multiple congenital contractures of miscellaneous origin is presented. We describe the clinical, genetic, and neurological diagnosis and the involvement of upper and lower extremities and spine. All treatments that patients received so far as well as functional outcome were studied.
Vanpaemel, G.A.D.M.   +4 more
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