Dupuytren's contracture: the deferred Z-plasty.
The technique of dissecting Dupuytren's contracture through a straight incision placed along the contracting band and deferring Z-plasty to be performed as a secondary procedure is safe, simple, and short and allows maximum skin viability and earliest mobilisation.
D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*