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The AmazonSmile program donated to charitable organizations for purchases made through Amazon.com. Sadly, Amazon reversed its course and discontinued this program in February 2023 for Dupuytren Research Group and most of the nonprofits benefiting from this program. Thanks for your prior support of Dupuytren Research through AmazonSmile! Charles Eaton MD
Happy Thanksgiving from Dupuytren Research Group!
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2018 Thanksgiving from the Dupuytren Research Group. The gift of life is the best gift of all. May you have a wonderful and meaningful Thanksgiving!
Dupuytren and Fear of the Unknown
Dupuytren and Fear of the Unknown Boopuytren! Here’s a common Dupuytren script. A person finds something unexplained in their palm. They see a hand surgeon, who tells them “You have Dupuytren disease.” “There’s nothing to do now.” “Come back when you can’t put your palm flat on a tabletop.” First, disappointment:
The Importance of Dupuytren Stories
The story depends on the storyteller. For nearly two centuries, the only narrators of the story of Dupuytren have been doctors and therapists. The public face of Dupuytren was limited either to what was easy to describe (measuring finger angles) or to technical details relevant to surgery. It was a
Happy Birthday, Dupuytren!
Today Would Have Been Dupuytren’s Birthday Guillaume Dupuytren (10/5/1777 – 2/8/1835) was born on this day in Pierre-Buffières, France. He excelled in anatomic studies and was appointed assistant surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris at the age of 26. He rose to the position of head surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu
Women with Dupuytren disease
Women with Dupuytren Disease A traditional Dupuytren narrative is that Dupuytren is primarily a painless nuisance problem of bent fingers in old men. This perception does a disservice to many. Not only is Dupuytren common in women, it may also present a unique burden to women. Updating the traditional narrative
Citizen-Scientists for Dupuytren Research
I had a recent correspondence with someone who wanted to discuss the off-label use of Anakinra, an IL1RAP blocker, for her early Dupuytren disease because it had worked so well (off-label) for a problem she had similar to frozen shoulder. It turns out, there are a few small reports of
2018 Father’s Day
Father’s Day is this weekend! Fathers pass on so many things to their children – wisdom, bad jokes, and sometimes Dupuytren disease. Over half of people with Dupuytren disease know a family member with Dupuytren. Dupuytren Celebrities This Father’s Day, these celebrities share their experiences with Dupuytren in their families.
One Dup, Two Dup, Red Dup, Blue Dup
So much is known about Dupuytren; much more needs to be known. Dupuytren probably isn’t one single diagnosis or one single disease. It’s the end result of overlapping causes. It’s a late effect of many possible causes, the same way similar looking scars can be the late effects of different injuries –
Recent Dupuytren Publications
- Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum Versus Needle Fasciotomy for Primary Metacarpophalangeal Dupuytren Contracture: Five-Year Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial
- A Genome-Wide Association Study and Rare Variant Analysis for Dupuytren Disease in a North American Population
- The presentation and treatment of Dupuytren's disease in Dutch general practitioner care
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Case Volume and Wait Times of Elective Hand Procedures: A Retrospective Chart Review Study
- Development of a new patient-reported outcome measure for Dupuytren disease: A study protocol
