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Table 4 Data of all Patients between 1956 and 2006

From: 50 years experience with Dupuytren's contracture in the Erlangen University Hospital – A retrospective analysis of 2919 operated hands from 1956 to 2006

Sex

men 2579

female 340

hand

right 834

left 616

both 1469

Complications

nerv injury 108 (3.7%)

tendon injury 5 (0.2%)

complications

skin necrosis 76 (2.6%)

infection 94 (3,2%)

bleeding 35 (1.2%)

diseases

diabetes mellitus 306 (10.5%)

epilepsy 39 (1.3%)