Dupuytren's disease is a common condition that many people have probably never heard of. The disease causes knots of tissue to form under the skin of the hand, slowly pulling one or more fingers into ...

Dupuytren's contracture is a disorder that can cause the fingers to curl in, primarily the ring and small fingers. It's a genetic condition mostly affecting men over 60 of Northern European descent.

May 1, 2006 — Editor's Note: Dupuytren's contracture is a progressively debilitating hand disease that involves an abnormal thickening and contracture of tough tissue in the palm, causing the fingers ...

For patients with Dupuytren contracture, initial outcomes are similar for surgery, needle fasciotomy, and collagenase, but outcomes are superior for surgery at two years, according to a study ...

Injection of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab into Dupuytren's disease nodules is effective in reducing nodule hardness and nodule size. Researchers at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford, led by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers used online surveys to determine whether consensus could be reached among 20 hand surgeons with ...

Dupuytrens Contracture is a condition in which a person's fingers bend toward the palm and cannot be fully extended. The condition can make working, and even daily functioning, difficult. Dr. Tom ...

About Dupuytren's ContractureDC is a lifelong condition that may get worse over time. It's caused by a buildup of collagen in the hand, which forms a rope-like cord that pulls fingers toward the palm ...

In a large, head-to-head trial pitting collagenase injections against limited fasciotomy as treatments for Dupuytren's contracture, the knife won. In the open-label trial, self-reported hand health ...

Campaign builds on the momentum of Endo's disease awareness efforts. Commercial features a real patient—who was an untreated patient in a prior Endo video series—and his wife, sharing their personal ...

Researchers at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford, led by Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal have demonstrated the efficacy of the anti-TNF drug adalimumab for patients with early-stage Dupuytren's ...

Fifteen years ago, Jack Schultz first noticed several of his fingers curling inward toward his palm. Schultz, 75, of Columbia Station, Ohio, a retired manager of a plastics company, was perplexed.