Background/Aims Understanding an individual's experience of living with Dupuytren's disease is important to support rehabilitation. The aim this review was explore the extent which literature provides understanding lived individuals disease, including occupational impact. Methods A scoping completed. Three electronic databases were searched, using terms Dupuytren* and experience. search yielded...

Objetive: The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the scientific evidence found to determinate the effectiveness of collagenase injection in the treatment of Dupuytren ́s contracture. Materials and methods: It was done through a literature search in 3 databases: PubMed, Scopus and PEDro. It was located 102 studies but only 8 clinical trial were selected because they fulfilled the cr...

Cell Cultures from 11 Dupuytren's contracture and 6 normal palmar fascia specimens were established. The rates of sulphated glycosaminoglycan, collagen and DNA synthesis by means of incorporation of labelled precursors ([35S]sulphate, [3H]proline, [3]thymidine) as well as the growth characteristics of the cell lines of both healthy and diseased were compared. The incorporation rates of [35S]sul...

La maladie de Dupuytren (MD) est une affection fréquente dans la population générale et dont plusieurs facteurs risque sont bien connus, notamment le diabète, l’alcool l’âge. Dans cette méta-analyse, nous avons évalué rôle l’exposition professionnelle aux vibrations MD, question controversée. Nous recherché des références les publications bases données PubMed, Google Scholar Cochrane Library ju...

Abdomino-scrotal hydrocele (ASH) is a very rare clinical entity. It is an unusual condition, in which there is an hourglass communication between a large hydrocele and the retroperitoneal space, through the inguinal canal. First described by Dupuytren in 1834 and defined by Bickle in 1919, the condition is rarely seen. Surgical management usually involves excision of the sac as the definitive t...