'Firebreak' grafts in Dupuytren's contracture.
The empirical observation that Dupuytren's Contracture does not recur beneath a skin graft is applied as a means of controlling recurrent Dupuytren's Disease. In those patients with a strong inherited diathesis to the production of Dupuytren's Contracture, recurrence may occur or even by anticipated, and the placement of a skin graft strategically at a flexion crease is shown to act as a 'firebreak' between areas of potential flare-up of recurrent Dupuytren's Disease.
D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D012008:Recurrence; D016038:Skin Transplantation