title: The sex ratio and rate of reoperation for Dupuytren's contracture in men and women.
abstract: We identified all patients treated by local fasciectomy at the Department of Hand Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital between 1965 and 1996. A total of 2375 operations were performed on 1600 patients. We found a male:female ratio of 5.9:1. Women had a higher mean age at first operation (62.4 years) than men (59.8 years). One-third of the men required repeated surgery and one-quarter of the women. Early age at first operation was associated with recurrent disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. Stephan.Wilbrand@plastik.uu.se
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilbrand
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ekbom
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gerdin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D017678:Sex Distribution