Dupuytren's Contractures Musculoskeletal Disorders Conditions and Diseases

(doo-PWEE-trenz kon-TRACK-chur) Dupuytren's contracture is a fixed flexion contracture of the hand where the fingers bend towards the palm and cannot be fully extended (straightened). It is named after the famous surgeon Baron Guillaume Dupuytren who described an operation to correct this particular contracture. A condition associated with diabetes.

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• Dupuytren's Contracture - Discussion paper prepared for The Workplace Safety and contractures Insurance Appeals musculoskeletal disorders Tribunal. Provides photographs and an overview.
• Mayo Clinic: Dupuytren's Contracture - Overview covers symptoms and treatment of this rare hand deformity.
• MedicineNet - Dupuytren Contracture - Presents the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.
• New Approach for Dupuytren's Contracture: A Newsmaker Interview With Charles Eaton, MD - Medscape article on needle aponeurotomy as a treatment for this musculoskeletal disorders condition.
• Terrence Barry M.D. - Specializes in treating Dupuytren\\'s Contracture (Vikings Disease) using musculoskeletal disorders the Needle Aponeurotomy procedure. Find details about the musculoskeletal disorders disease, its symptoms and treatment as well as musculoskeletal disorders the procedure.
• Dupuytren Society - A non-profit organization dedicated to inform patients and musculoskeletal disorders medical contractures doctors. Contains an overview of Dupuytren\\'s contracture, musculoskeletal disorders Ledderhose disease contractures and related diseases, including available therapies musculoskeletal disorders and a patients\' contractures forum.
• eMedicine - Dupuytren Contracture - Provides an introduction, clinical features, treatment, differentials, and medications.
• A New Theory for the Cause of Dupuytren's Disease - Research and evidence is provided which shows a possible connection contractures with the endocrine/insulin system.

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