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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

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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Dupuytren's Contracture

The British Journal of Radiology, 1955
The normal anatomy of the palmar fascia and histopathological changes occurring in Dupuytren's contracture are briefly described. The presenting signs are reviewed in 34 cases and correlated with these pathological and anatomical changes. The results of treatment by surgery alone are given and reasons for overall unsatisfactory outcome discussed.
John Yost   +2 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

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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Baron Guillaume Dupuytren: Dupuytren's Contracture

Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2013
Dupuytren's contracture of the hand is an extremely common deformity in middle aged and elderly men but it is rarely encountered in women. It usually involves the fifth and fourth fingers, less commonly the other two fingers, and never the thumb. There is a flexion deformity between the head of the metacarpal and the adjacent proximal phalanx and at ...
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