Saturday, November 14, 2009

Open fasciotomy for Dupuytren's

 Patients with Dupuytren's need two things, mechanical and biological. The former, a simple and safe way to straighten bent fingers, and the latter, a way to prevent disease progression and recurrence. This article reviews pros and cons of a simple mechanical treatment, open fasciotomy, for severe contractures in a group of elderly patients: http://www.dupuytrenfoundation.org/DupPDFs/2007_Jablecki.pdf

1 comment:

  1. I saw one case like these a few year ago, same symtoms, everything was the same, but th desease was different, the guy has an overdose of generic viagra and until now we can't explain how this happend.
    Thanks for the article.

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