[The surgical treatment of Dupuytren's contracture]

Treatment of 129 patients with palmar fibromatosis was performed; all the men were from 20 to 63 years old. In 56 patients (1st main group) operation of aponeurectomy was performed with the help of an ultrasonic scalpel (USS), in 53 patients (2nd main group) the operation was made with the help of the microsurgical technique (MST), 30 patients (a control group) were operated upon by usual methods. The use of USS and MST were followed by excellent (92.6%), good (2.1%) and satisfactory (5.3%) long-term results.