Dupuytren's Contracture Definition

noun
A disease of the palmar fascia resulting in thickening and contraction of fibrous bands on the palmar surface.
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Origin of Dupuytren's Contracture

  • Named after Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, the surgeon who described a corrective operation for the affliction in the Lancet in 1831.

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