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Published on: April 18, 2015
The treatment of Dupuytren disease
Shaunak S Desai1, Vincent R Hentz
1Newport Orthopedic Institute, Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA. shaunak1978@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The treatment of progressive Dupuytren contractures has historically been and continues to be largely surgical. Although a number of surgical interventions do exist, limited palmar fasciectomy continues to be the most common and widely accepted treatment option. Until recently, nonsurgical options were limited and clinically ineffective. However, the commercial availability and recent approval of collagenase clostridium histolyticum now provides practitioners with a nonsurgical approach to this disease. This article presents a comprehensive review of the surgical and nonsurgical treatments of Dupuytren disease, with a focus on collagenase.
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