[http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068725/] - 2008-11-13 11:10:35 - public:ghiberti

dupuytren, hands, illness, medical, tendon - 5 | id:282240 -

Dupuytren's contracture causes one or more fingers to bend into the palm. The cause is not known. In some cases it remains mild and does not require treatment. If the function of the hand becomes affected then a surgeon may recommend an operation to cut through the thickened tissue causing the contracture, or to cut it out.