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‘FIREBREAK’ GRAFTS IN DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE
Author(s) -
Hueston J.T.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1984.tb05317.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dupuytren's contracture , diathesis , contracture , surgery , dermatology , immunology
The empirical observation that Dupuytren's Contracture does not recur beneath a skin graft is applied as a means of controlling recurrent Dupuytren's Disease. In those patients with a strong inherited diathesis to the production of Dupuytren's Contracture, recurrence may occur or even by anticipated, and the placement of a skin graft strategically at a flexion crease is shown to act as a ‘firebreak’ between areas of potential flare‐up of recurrent Dupuytren's Disease.