Dupuytren's contracture.
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.
Hill
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NA
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York.
Hurst
L C
LC
D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans