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Partners
The International Dupuytyren Society site contains everything you want to know about Dupuytren's disease, including symptoms, treatment options, related diseases, research, and links to other useful resources.
The Dupuytren Foundation is a US site that has a simple mission statement: to promote research, education and global collaboration to find a cure for Dupuytren's disease.
Reference
Book published by SpringerLink: Dupuytren’s Disease and Related Hyperproliferative Disorders (Principles, Research, and Clinical Perspectives), Authors: Charles Eaton, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Ardeshir Bayat, Giulio Gabbiani, Paul Werker and Wolfgang Wach. ISBN-10:3642226965; ISBN-13:978-3642226960; also available as an ebook.
UK information
Patient.co.uk information on Dupuytren's
Channel 4 and Embarrassing Bodies on Dupuytren's
NHS Choices information on Dupuytren's
NHS Choices clinical trials
BOFAS - British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
British Association of Hand Therapists
Dupuytren's information
Keith Denkler MD (US surgeon) useful website on Dupuytren's and different treatments with photo's. The page linked to contains lots of useful information about treatment with Xiaflex.
Conference presentations from the 2010 Dupuytren's Symposium in Miami.
IFSSH ezine August 2012 report Dupuyren's Resurrected by DA McGrouther (Manchester) and MN Werker (Groningen)
You Tube channel on Dupuytren's.
Xiapex (Xiaflex in the US)
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum on Wikipedia
US site about Xiaflex including the drug data sheet
Dealing with Dupuytrens by Auxilium
Xiaflex clinical trials by Auxilium
Two new clinical trials on Xiaflex, comparing manipulation to use of a dynamic splint, and using autologous lipografting
Research paper: Late Complications of Clinical Clostridium Histolyticum Collagenase Use in Dupuytren's Disease (Warren M. Rozen, Yasith Edirisinghe, John Crock)
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. Announces 30 Month Safety Update for XIAFLEX® in Dupuytren’s Contracture.
Percutaneuous Needle Fasciotomy/Needle Aponeurotomy
Percutaneous needle fasciotomy for Dupuytren's disease: report on a randomized clinical trial and related research, (2012) Rijssen, Annet Laura van. This thesis contains an excellent and up to date summary of the available clinical treatments for Dupuytren's.
New Report on Needle Aponeurotomy for Dupuytren Contracture in over 1,000 fingers, finding that PIP joints are more difficult to correct and have higher recurrence.
Research papers
Fibroblasts from phenotypically normal palmar fascia exhibit molecular profiles highly similar to fibroblasts from active disease in Dupuytren’s Contracture. (2012) O’Gorman DB et al. Research exploring how Dupuytren's cells are different in people with the disease to normal healthy cells.
New Paper that explored the human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 allele frequency in Dupuytren’s disease (DD), and found a possible association.
Partners
The International Dupuytyren Society site contains everything you want to know about Dupuytren's disease, including symptoms, treatment options, related diseases, research, and links to other useful resources.
The Dupuytren Foundation is a US site that has a simple mission statement: to promote research, education and global collaboration to find a cure for Dupuytren's disease.
Reference
Book published by SpringerLink: Dupuytren’s Disease and Related Hyperproliferative Disorders (Principles, Research, and Clinical Perspectives), Authors: Charles Eaton, M. Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, Ardeshir Bayat, Giulio Gabbiani, Paul Werker and Wolfgang Wach. ISBN-10:3642226965; ISBN-13:978-3642226960; also available as an ebook.
UK information
Patient.co.uk information on Dupuytren's
Channel 4 and Embarrassing Bodies on Dupuytren's
NHS Choices information on Dupuytren's
NHS Choices clinical trials
BOFAS - British Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
British Association of Hand Therapists
Dupuytren's information
Keith Denkler MD (US surgeon) useful website on Dupuytren's and different treatments with photo's. The page linked to contains lots of useful information about treatment with Xiaflex.
Conference presentations from the 2010 Dupuytren's Symposium in Miami.
IFSSH ezine August 2012 report Dupuyren's Resurrected by DA McGrouther (Manchester) and MN Werker (Groningen)
You Tube channel on Dupuytren's.
Xiapex (Xiaflex in the US)
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum on Wikipedia
US site about Xiaflex including the drug data sheet
Dealing with Dupuytrens by Auxilium
Xiaflex clinical trials by Auxilium
Two new clinical trials on Xiaflex, comparing manipulation to use of a dynamic splint, and using autologous lipografting
Research paper: Late Complications of Clinical Clostridium Histolyticum Collagenase Use in Dupuytren's Disease (Warren M. Rozen, Yasith Edirisinghe, John Crock)
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. Announces 30 Month Safety Update for XIAFLEX® in Dupuytren’s Contracture.
Percutaneuous Needle Fasciotomy/Needle Aponeurotomy
Percutaneous needle fasciotomy for Dupuytren's disease: report on a randomized clinical trial and related research, (2012) Rijssen, Annet Laura van. This thesis contains an excellent and up to date summary of the available clinical treatments for Dupuytren's.
New Report on Needle Aponeurotomy for Dupuytren Contracture in over 1,000 fingers, finding that PIP joints are more difficult to correct and have higher recurrence.
Research papers
Fibroblasts from phenotypically normal palmar fascia exhibit molecular profiles highly similar to fibroblasts from active disease in Dupuytren’s Contracture. (2012) O’Gorman DB et al. Research exploring how Dupuytren's cells are different in people with the disease to normal healthy cells.
New Paper that explored the human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1 allele frequency in Dupuytren’s disease (DD), and found a possible association.
