Because of the increased risk of complications and potential for recurrence associated with invasive surgical techniques, there has been renewed interest in simple fasciotomy to treat flexion ...

May 1, 2006 — Editor's Note: Dupuytren's contracture is a progressively debilitating hand disease that involves an abnormal thickening and contracture of tough tissue in the palm, causing the fingers ...

The Aug. 14 Metro article on Dupuytren's contracture, "Rare hand disease spurs global, high-tech brainstorming," made no mention of needle aponeurotomy, a simple, effective, low-pain procedure ...

The study also showed that if the contracture was corrected to 0˚ to 5˚ of flexion, recurrence rates were significantly lower and required no additional therapy. 12 In addition, most patients maintain ...