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ArticleThe Journal of hand surgery, European volume2022

Dupuytren's disease: using needles more across the world.

David Warwick, Paul Nm Werker, Gary Pess, Hitoshi Hirata, David J Hunter-Smith

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Article in The Journal of hand surgery, European volume, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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David WarwickUniversity Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3030-442X
Paul Nm WerkerDepartment of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen and University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Gary PessCentral Jersey Hand Surgery, Eatontown, NJ, USA.
Hitoshi HirataDepartment of Hand Surgery, Graduate School & Faculty of Medicine Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
David J Hunter-SmithDepartment of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Peninsula Clinical School at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Abstract

In this article we take an international perspective on the use of needles, either percutaneous needle fasciotomy (PNF) or Clostridial Collagenase Histiolyticum (CCH), in treating Dupuytren's Disease (DD). Worldwide, PNF is now used more frequently. The CCH has been withdrawn from non-USA markets, which lessens its use. Different patients have different preferences, while different surgeons have different skills and opinions. The surgeon should fully consider the patient's preference and should also, in view of the scarcity of surgical resource and the potential hazard of surgery, reconsider and expand the use of a needle rather than an operation. In the future, a cheaper, yet equally safe and effective alternative to CCH, will provide a useful clinical tool for those cords, which, in the surgeon's personal Venn diagram, are too challenging for PNF, but the patient does not want to have surgery.

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Dupuytren ContractureFasciotomyHumansNeedlesNeoplasm Recurrence, Localdecision-makingDupuytren’s diseasepercutaneous needle fasciotomysurgical release

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PMID34496664
PMCPMC8721555

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