We studied prospectively the relationship between serum lipids and Dupuytren's disease of the hand in 85 patients, 65 men and 20 women. The Dupuytren patients had significantly higher fasting serum cholesterol and triglyceride levels than did the controls (p < 0.001). The raised levels of serum lipids appeared to be associated with the pathogenesis of Dupuytren's disease, and this may help to e...

Recommendations for using a static night splint after surgery are as old as the literature on Dupuytren’s. The coachman, M. Demarteau, who was treated with fasciotomy by Dupuytren in his famous lecture of December 1831, afterwards wore a night splint „for another month and an excellent result was achieved“ (D. Elliot, 1990). Yet firm data on the effectiveness of static or dynamic splinting is s...

abstract   background: dupuytren's disease is a fibroproliferative disorder of the palmar fascia that can result in disabling contractures of the digits. when function is impeded or deformity is disabling, surgical intervention can be considered, wherein a major problem is recurrence ( reported up to 74%). although, the disease occurs predominantly in men of northern european, there are very fe...