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Dupuytren's Contracture: The Readability of Online Information
Journal of Patient Experience, 2021 Dupuytren's contracture is a common hand pathology for which consultation and treatment are largely at the patient's discretion. The objective of this study was to evaluate the readability of current online patient information regarding Dupuytren's ...
Shayan Hosseinzadeh MD +3 more
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The influence of Dupuytren's disease fingers contracture degree on surgical treatment outcome [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2017 Background/Aim. Dupuytren’s disease is a progressive disease of the palmar and digital fascial structures, with functional limitations. There are no clear recommendations about the optimal time of surgical repair, concerning the hand impairment.
Stepić Nenad +2 more
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JPRAS Open, 2022 Fasciectomy is the standard treatment for Dupuytren's contracture, but, in many cases, skin defects may occur after fasciectomy. If the preoperative contracture is severe, the skin defect is large, which makes covering the defect difficult. We describe a
Yukiko Morimoto +3 more
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Involvement of pro-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors in the pathogenesis of Dupuytren's contracture: a novel target for a possible future therapeutic strategy? [PDF]
, 2015 Dupuytren's contracture (DC) is a benign fibro-proliferative disease of the hand causing fibrotic nodules and fascial cords which determine debilitating contracture and deformities of fingers and hands.
Alberto Signore +11 more
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Systematic review of non-surgical treatments for early Dupuytren’s disease [PDF]
, 2015 Introduction There is no approved treatment for early Dupuytren’s disease (DD) to prevent progression of flexion deformities requiring subsequent treatment with invasive procedures.
Catherine Ball +4 more
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Communications Biology, 2023 Dupuytren’s contracture, a superficial dermal fibrosis, causes flexion contracture of the affected finger, impairing hand function. Specific single-nucleotide polymorphisms within genes in the Wnt signalling pathway are associated with the disease ...
Atsushi Goto +8 more
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Pathomorphological characteristics of Dupuytren's contracture in a patient with liver disease (case report) [PDF]
Гений oртопедии, 2019 Objective To detect pathomorphological characteristics of the palmar aponeurosis in Dupuytren’s contracture in patients with liver disease. Material and methods The review included a medical record and histological findings of surgical specimen of a 60 ...
Natalia A. Shchudlo +6 more
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Psychometric evaluation of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) with Dupuytren's contracture: validity evidence using Rasch modeling [PDF]
, 2014 Background Dupuytren’s contracture is a progressive, fibroproliferative disorder that causes fixed finger contractures and can lead to disability. With the advances of new therapeutic interventions, the necessity to assess the functional repercussions of
Forget, Nancy J +3 more
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EFORT Open Reviews, 2023 In the long term, limited fasciectomy is currently the most reliable treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture. The risk for complications is significant, certainly in recurrent disease and in the presence of abundant scar tissue.
Ilse Degreef +2 more
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The lived experience of Dupuytren's disease of the hand [PDF]
, 2009 This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Aims: To describe patients’ experiences of living with Dupuytren’s disease. Background. Dupuytren’s disease is a chronic, progressive deformity of the hand which limits active
Byrne, G
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