Dupuytren's Disease
Contributors: H. Millesi (Foreword); J. Gratzer (Illustrator); H. Schimek (Illustrator); B. Twisselmann (Translator)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 28, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9783211836569
Subjects: Plastic & reconstructive surgery; Science/Mathematics; Medical; Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery; Regional Surgery; Surgery - Plastic & Cosmetic; Medical / Nursing; Internal Medicine; Orthopedics; Medical / Surgery / Plastic & Cosmetic; anatomy of the palmar faszies; cheiroplasty; chiroplasty; hand surgery; operation techniques; surgery; therapy; Surgery - General
First sentence: The digitopalmar contracture named after DUPUYTREN (1831, 1832), is a fibrous, proliferative hyperplasia of pre-existing connective tissue structures of the fascia of the fingers and palm, also called the digitopalmar continuum (Fig. 1a and b) (BRENNER, 1997).