title: [Results of surgical treatment of Dupuytren's contracture].
abstract: Ninety-five Patients with Dupuytren's contracture, treated by partial (subtotal) aponeurectomy, have been evaluated retrospectively from various points of view. The immediate postoperative status and the results one to five years later were compared. The authors establish that Dupuytren's contracture can be treated with very favourable effect, but the good results deteriorate later due to recurrence. This deterioration remains temporarily unchanged in the second and third years, but the worsening continues till the end of the fifth year. The functional state shortly after the operation was 41% better than the preoperative one, becoming 18% worse after the fifth year, but even then was 22.6% better than the preoperative condition.
authors.affiliation: Unfallchirurgischen Abteilung der I. Chirurgischen Universitätsklinik Pécs, Ungarn.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forgon
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Farkas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse nach operativer Behandlung der Dupuytren'schen Kontraktur.