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The Secret Life of Myofibroblasts: Dr. Boris Hinz reveals all!

Boris Hinz PhD, University of Toronto, Ontario, CA presents “Fundamental aspects of myofibroblast contraction.” and explains how the process is both simple and complex. How do these little cells do such big things? More importantly, what steps in the process go wrong to result in Dupuytren’s and what can be

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Dupuytren’s vs. Burns! Video: Dr. Paul Zidel at the 2010 Miami Dupuytren Symposium

Dr. Paul Zidel, Chief, Hand Surgery, Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, presents a thought provoking comparison of two different yet similar conditions in “Dupuytren’s versus burn scar contracture”http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/uR5OcoIKfOIHypertrophic scars, Ledderhose disease, burn scars, keloid scars, desmoid tumors, pulmonary fibrosis, arteriosclerosis and other abnormal fibrosing conditions share some of the same

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Video: Professor Millesi at the Miami Dupuytren’s Symposium

Professor Hanno Millesi of the Millesi Center in Vienna, chairman of the 1983 Dupuytren’s Meeting in Vienna, presents “Changes of the visco-elastic properties of the palmar fascia as pathogenetic basis of Dupuytren’s Disease”: http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/vRc9XFBOVTk. The more one investigates, the deeper the mystery of Dupuytren’s becomes. The legendary Dr. Millesi explores

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Dr. Paul Werker presents at the 2010 Dupuytren Symposium

Paul Werker MD PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Groningen University Medical Center Groningen, NL presents: Management of soft tissue contractures: a surgical perspective. See the video at http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/fHoOhGlsgDU. This and other video presentations from the 2010 International Symposium on Dupuytren’s Disease, are being added to

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Video: Dr. Rayan at the 2010 Miami Dupuytren Symposium

Dr. Ghazi Rayan, reviews Dupuytren’s disease: anatomy, pathology, presentation at the 2010 Miami Dupuytren’s Symposium: http://www.youtube.com/user/DupuytrenFoundation#p/u/0/HE6nBpteAAo. Dr Rayan is Program Director, Hand/Orthopaedic Surgery, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, and is a world expert on the problem of Dupuytren’s disease. Dr. Rayan has authored a number of papers on

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Video: Dr. Osterman at the 2010 Miami Dupuytren Symposium

The latest installment of video presentations archived from the Miami Dupuytren Symposium features Dr. Lee Osterman, Professor of Hand/Orthopedic Surgery at the Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Osterman’s entertaining presentation highlights the complex background of efforts to understand and treat Dupuytren’s Disease. See “Cline’s contracture: Dupuytren was a

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Video: Dr. Wolfgang Wach at the 2010 Dupuytren Symposium

Dr. Wolfgang Wach, founder of the Dupuytren Society (http://www.dupuytren-online.info/), discusses the development, value and future of the Dupuytren Society in this video from the 2010 International Symposium on Dupuytren’s Disease. The Dupuytren Society is the largest, most visited patient oriented Dupuytren’s resource on the internet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qSMSqYhxOc&list=PLSEyPqK1WriTPT1k88PXX-uJ2lUFS6P9a&index=2

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