title: Dermofasciectomy and full-thickness grafts in the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture.
abstract: We report a 16-year experience with full-thickness grafts to resurface defects created by releasing contractures of Dupuytren's disease. This technique was used in 68 patients with Dupuytren's contracture from 1970 to 1985. Follow-up of 36 hands of 24 patients averaged 3.9 years postoperatively. There was no recurrent disease in the palms and digits that were covered with the full-thickness grafts. The incidence of extension outside the grafts was 8%. The area of full-thickness grafting covered most of the width of the palm, an extension of Gonzalez's technique, which was presented in 1970.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Humana Medical Center, Overland Park, Kan.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Ketchum
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Hixson
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation