title: Dupuytren's contracture.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hurst
mesh_terms: D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans