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Stephan Ariyan, MD; Thomas J. Krizek, MD

Arch Surg. 1976;111(3):293-296.

Abstract
• In a case of bilateral five-finger Dupuytren contracture, one hand was treated by open excision of the contractured fascia and shortened skin with application of skin graft. The opposite hand was treated by the "open-palm" technique for comparison. There was no observable difference in the ranges of motion at the end of the two months following surgery. The open-palm technique continues to be a simple alternative for the advanced cases requiring extensive excision of the palmar fascia leaving wide gaps in the palmar skin.

(Arch Surg 111:293-296, 1976)

Author Affiliations
From the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 4, 1975.

Read before the annual meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery, Toronto, 1975.

Reprint requests to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, New Haven, CT 06510 (Dr Ariyan).

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