title: Severe Contractures of the Proximal Interphalangeal Joint in Dupuytren's Disease:Value of Capsuloligamentous Release.
abstract: A retrospective review of severe flexion contractures (60 degrees or more), involving 51 proximal interphalangeal joints in 40 patients with Dupuytren's disease, was performed. Thirty-two joints underwent aponeurectomy alone, 19 joints additional capsuloligamentous release. Mean follow-up was 12 months. No statistically significant difference was seen in the percentage of contracture correction in the capsulotomy group compared with the noncapsulotomy group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery and Hand Therapy, Bad Neustadt/Saale, Germany.
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beyermann
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lanz