Dupuytren's contracture

Dupuytren's contracture: Introduction

Dupuytren's contracture: A condition where the layer of connective tissue under the skin of the palm of the hand thickens and shrinks which can cause the fingers to bend in to the palms. The bent fingers are usually unable to be fully straightened. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Dupuytren's contracture is available below.

Symptoms of Dupuytren's contracture

• Hand contracture
• One or both hands affected
• Gradually progression hand contracture
• Nodular thickening of palms
• Dimpling of skin on palms
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See full list of 9 symptoms of Dupuytren's contracture

Dupuytren's contracture: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Dupuytren's contracture

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Causes of Dupuytren's contracture

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More information about causes of Dupuytren's contracture:

• Dupuytren's contracture as a complication caused by other conditions
• Dupuytren's contracture as a symptom

Treatments for Dupuytren's contracture

• Watchful waiting
• Surgery
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Latest Treatments for Dupuytren's contracture

• Steroid injection
• Physiotherapy
• Selective fascia ray release
• Continuous elongation
• Little finger amputation
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News Archives for Dupuytren's contracture

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• Restroom Study Finds Hand Washing on the Decline
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Dupuytren's contracture

Medical research articles related to Dupuytren's contracture include:

• Does a `firebreak` full-thickness skin graft prevent recurrence after surgery for Dupuytren`s contracture?: a prospective, randomised trial
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• Surgery for Dupuytren's contractures of hand flexors, are outcomes better the earlier the surgery is done? ie for milder cases operated on rather than those with marked flexure deformities?
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Clinical Trials for Dupuytren's contracture

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Dupuytren's contracture include:

• Phase II Randomized Study of Collagenase in Patients With Residual Type Dupuytren's Disease - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - collagenase
• Phase III Randomized Study of Collagenase in Patients With Residual Stage Dupuytren's Disease - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - collagenase
• Collagenase in the Treatment of Dupuytrens Disease - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Collagenase
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Dupuytren's contracture: Broader Related Topics

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Definitions of Dupuytren's contracture:

A fibromatosis of the palmar fascia characterized by thickening and contracture of the fibrous bands on the palmar surfaces of the hand and fingers. It arises most commonly in men between the ages of 30 and 50. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Dupuytren's contracture is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Dupuytren's contracture, or a subtype of Dupuytren's contracture, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)