When the palm and fingers are contracted ... One way to make life with Dupuytren’s contracture more comfortable is by using hand protection. Wearing padded gloves while working or doing other ...

Dupuytren’s contracture is a ... making an incision in the palm to break up the tight cords. You’ll typically receive a local anesthetic to numb your hand. While the cord isn't removed in ...

For some people, the condition may only cause lumps in the palm and ... to numb your hand. While the cord isn't removed in a fasciotomy, breaking it up helps decrease the contracture and improve ...

There are many ways to treat Dupuytren’s contracture ... down and then straighten them. “[Hand] massage can help manage stiffness, especially in your upper palm, near the base of your fingers ...

Dupuytren’s contracture is a development of fibrotic tissue in the hand, namely the palm, which causes the fingers to draw up and fold such that the hand cannot be placed on the table flat.

Endo logo (PRNewsfoto/Endo, Inc.) Dupuytren contracture is a progressive hand condition in which a collagen rope-like cord forms beneath the skin of the palm, pulling fingers inward toward the palm.

Talking hands want answers in Endo's new disease awareness ads for Dupuytren’s contracture. In two TV ads, wrinkles in the palm of a contorted hand morph into a face that asks, “Can we talk?” ...

It's caused by a buildup of collagen in the hand, which forms a rope-like cord that pulls fingers toward the palm so they can ... treat adults with Dupuytren's contracture when a "cord" can ...

What had started as a gradual curling in his fingers had progressed to a full-on deformity known as "claw hand" or Dupuytren's contracture ... a lump or "band" in the palm that develops over ...