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Dupuytren’s Contracture Versus Burn Scar Contracture

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Dupuytren’s Disease and Related Hyperproliferative Disorders

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Scar formation and resultant contracture can be considered the body’s response to an untoward event. Dupuytren’s contractures and burn scar contractures share significant similarities. The purpose of this presentation is to review the intersection of burn scar and Dupuytren’s contractures. The goal of this treatise is to question these two boxes from a different perspective from within and from outside as to their overlap and apply that knowledge to further better treatment of both.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Paul Zidel

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  1. The Hand Center, S Old Dixie Highway 1002, Jupiter, 33458, Florida, USA

    Charles Eaton

  2. Strahlenzentrum Hamburg, Langenhorner Chaussee 369, Hamburg, 22419, Germany

    M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt

  3. Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Manchester, Princess Street 131, Manchester, M1 7DN, United Kingdom

    Ardeshir Bayat

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Rue Michel-Servet 1, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

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  5. Medical Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen, 9713 GZ, Netherlands

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  6. Dupuytren e.V., Westerbuchberg 60b, Übersee, 83236, Germany

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Zidel, P. (2012). Dupuytren’s Contracture Versus Burn Scar Contracture. In: Eaton, C., Seegenschmiedt, M., Bayat, A., Gabbiani, G., Werker, P., Wach, W. (eds) Dupuytren’s Disease and Related Hyperproliferative Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22697-7_10

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