Does a 'firebreak' full-thickness skin graft prevent recurrence after surgery for Dupuytren's contracture? A prospective, randomised trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-378

  Ullah, A S ^a   Dias, J J ^a   Bhowal, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUPUYTREN CONTRACTURE; FASCIECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; JOINT SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN EXCISION; Z PLASTY; AGED; FASCIA; FINGER JOINT; HAND STRENGTH; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DUPUYTREN'S CONTRACTURE; FASCIA; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECURRENCE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049119327     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B3.21054     Document Type: Article

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