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Dupuytren Awareness
Promoting Dupuytren awareness is a cornerstone of making progress toward a Dupuytren cure. The Dupuytren Research Group has been promoting Dupuytren awareness to patients and physicians for the last 10 years through social media, online videos, academic journal articles and textbooks, scientific conferences, and public awareness seminars. We’ve had limited
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The Need for Nonprofit Medical Research
Why isn’t there a drug for Dupuytren already? You might hear that surgeons don’t want a Dupuytren cure because it’s so profitable – but take it from a hand surgeon: if Dupuytren disappeared today, surgeons would be happier than patients: no one will miss Dupuytren. So why isn’t there a
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DRG goes to Washington
On July 10th and 11th, the Dupuytren Research Group went to Washington DC. We visited offices of Congressional representatives and other organizations to raise awareness about the impact of Dupuytren disease and the need for federal funding of Dupuytren research. Right now, there are no federal funds directed specifically for
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Dupuytren and Rare Disease Research
Is Dupuytren disease common or rare? I recently attended the Rare Drug Development Symposium in Philadelphia. Why? Is Dupuytren really a rare disease? Yes and no. Mild Dupuytren is common but very severe Dupuytren is rare – in the same way that cats are common but chimeric cats with crazy
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Ten Things to Know About Dupuytren
There are many reasons to know about Dupuytren disease. Ten of them are on your hands. When Healthgrades.com wanted to know more about Dupuytren disease, they reached out to the Dupuytren Research Group. See the Healthgrades Dupuytren review Dupuytren’s Contracture: 10 Things Doctors Want You to Know featuring Dupuytren specialists
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Dupuytren research is rare disease research
Happy Rare Disease Day! Did you know that according to the US Government, Dupuytren is a rare disease? If you count everyone with any degree of Dupuytren disease, it’s fairly common. In the US alone, the number of Dupuytren sufferers projects to about 10 million people. But, if you ask the
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Dupuytren Research Group. We care about your hands. Your Hands Are Your Life.
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Grants.gov: $0 for Dupuytren Research
Currently, there are no government grants for Dupuytren research. See for yourself: [ale_button url=”https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=Dupuytren” style=”light-blue” size=”small” type=”round” target=”_blank”]Search Grants.gov for Dupuytren Research Funding[/ale_button] We’re working to change this. You should, too. If you have an idea you want to work on to help jumpstart government funding for Dupuytren Research, let
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Shine a light on Dupuytren?
Dupuytren biology has a lot of overlap with wound healing biology. One description of Dupuytren is that it’s like the body is trying to heal a wound that isn’t there. I used to worry that any treatment described as “promoting” or “accelerating” wound healing might be exactly the wrong thing
Recent Dupuytren Publications
- Bias in published randomized trials that compare collagenase injection with percutaneous needle fasciotomy in the treatment of Dupuytren disease: a systematic review
- Long-term results of the Malingue technique in the surgical treatment of Dupuytren's disease
- Inflammatory Markers Involved in the Pathogenesis of Dupuytren's Contracture
- Collagenase Clostridium Histolyticum for the Treatment of Dupuytren Disease: A Delphi-Based Consensus Study
- Needle fasciotomy versus limited fasciectomy for the treatment of Dupuytren's contractures of the fingers (Hand-2): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial