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Indications It is important to take a patient-centered approach and implement shared decisionmaking when treating patients with Dupuytren disease because indications for intervention vary widely based on patients’ subjective functional limitations and needs. Intervention for Dupuytren disease is most successful…

Indications One indication is metacarpal malunion with angular, rotational, or shortening deformity, which results in functional deficits. Acceptable limits of each deformity are debatable (suggested indications for primary surgery are reviewed in Chapter 14 Techniques and Fixation of Metacarpal Fractures),…