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Many techniques have been described to cover the skin defect created by perioperative extension of the joints after fasciectomy in Dupuytren's finger contracture.
Two patients with causalgia associated with allodynia and finger contracture were treated surgically with a bioresorbable nerve guide tube made from polygycolic acid and collagen: the injured segment of the digital nerve was resected and the resulting gap (25 and 36 mm) was bridged with the tube.
Dupuytren's contracture, or Dupuytren's Disease, (DD) [ 1- 3] is a common, benign palmar fibromatosis of unknown etiology that results in finger contracture and loss of hand function.
Its point prevalence in a male Caucasian population is estimated to be 8.8% for working age (French male civil servants; approx. mean age 45 y.o) [ 2] and tends to increase with age, estimated to be 39% in Icelandic males aged 70-74 (29% with nodules only; 10% with finger contracture) [ 3].
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There were clenched hands but no finger contractures.
Dupuytren's contracture is a progressive, fibroproliferative disorder that causes fixed finger contractures and can lead to disability.
Dupuytren's contracture (DC) is a common hand disorder causing finger contractures that may compromise hand function.
Microsoft Excel was used for programming the mathematical link between the EQ-5D-5L health state utilities and DC severities, which were represented by varying joint or finger contractures.
The disease is characterized by the formation of collagen rich- cords which gradually shorten by the action of myofibroblasts resulting in finger contractures.
It is possible that had we described additional aspects of severe SSc (e.g., finger contractures, painful ulcers, and painful calcinosis), then the utility for severe SSc might have been lower, perhaps even lower than the utility for PsA.
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