Former Olympic rower Sir Steve Redgrave has spoken about how a condition affecting his hands could impact his performance on Dancing On Ice, which returns to ITV1 on Sunday. The 62-year-old, a ...

Dupuytren contracture can appear as painless lumps or nodules under the skin of your hand, but progression over time can cause your fingers to curl in toward your palm. Dupuytren contracture is a ...

This week, we are going to discuss a hand condition that is quite problematic and can be very limiting for patients suffering from this condition – Dupuytren’s contracture. Dupuytren’s contracture is ...

The genetic disorder affects the palmar fascia, the thick layer of tissue found in the palm of the hand. Treatment is dependent on an individual’s symptoms and quality of life. Dupuytren’s disease is ...

September 17, 2009 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Arthritis Advisory Committee voted unanimously (12 to 0) yesterday to recommend approval of collagenase clostridium histolyticum ...

Treatments for Dupuytren’s contracture include limited fasciectomy and collagenase injection. Comparisons of the effectiveness of these treatments have been limited. We performed an unblinded, ...

Compared with limited fasciectomy for Dupuytren contracture, injections of the enzyme collagenase are less costly but also less effective at straightening fingers. Nonetheless, patients may prefer the ...

In a randomized trial in patients with moderate Dupuytren’s contracture, collagenase was not noninferior to limited fasciectomy with respect to the Patient Evaluation Measure score at 1 year after ...

Steve, a patient with Dupuytren’s contracture (curled fingers), gets to hold hands with his wife again in Endo’s first-ever commercial touting how its decade-old Xiaflex can treat the condition. The ...

More than a decade after earning FDA approval for Xiaflex as a nonsurgical treatment option for Dupuytren’s contracture, Endo is debuting its first-ever branded TV commercial in the indication. In a ...

In a large, head-to-head trial pitting collagenase injections against limited fasciotomy as treatments for Dupuytren's contracture, the knife won. In the open-label trial, self-reported hand health ...