Dupuytren's disease in patients from the Indian sub-continent. Report of ten cases.

J Hand Surg Br

West Midlands Regional Plastic & Jaw Surgery Unit, Wordsley Hospital, Stourbridge.

Published: February 1989

We report on ten patients from the Indian sub-continent operated on in our unit for Dupuytren's contracture. Their presentation, operative findings and subsequent course was indistinguishable from Caucasian patients. We believe that Dupuytren's disease among Indians is not so rare as previously thought.

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