Case Report

A diabetic patient presenting with stiff hand following fasciectomy for Dupuytren's contracture: A case report

Katia Fournier¹, Nikolaos Papanas², Jonathan P Compson³ and Efstratios Maltezos²

¹  Hand Therapy Department, King's College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS, UK

²  Outpatient Clinic of Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, 68100, Greece

³  Orthopaedic Department, Upper Limb Unit, King's College Hospital, London, SE5 9RS, UK

Cases Journal 2008, 1:277doi:10.1186/1757-1626-1-277

Published:	27 October 2008

Abstract

Reported is the case of a 68-year-old male presenting with severe wrist and hand stiffness following surgery for a Dupuytren's contracture. Complications of surgery or rehabilitation and complex regional pain syndrome were excluded as factors explaining this stiffness. Given the patient's diabetes mellitus and the striking similarity with the typical diabetic stiff hand, it is suggested that diabetes may have contributed to the development of the complication.