Topics: Contractures : Dupuytren's
Bookmark or Share(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.
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