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Glossary Treatment

Firebreak graft

Full-thickness skin graft inserted at primary fasciectomy at a flexion crease, intended to interrupt cord-disease progression. Concept introduced by Hueston in 1984. The 2009 Ullah randomised trial found no significant difference in recurrence between firebreak FTSG and Z-plasty closure at 36 months; not a contemporary default at primary fasciectomy.

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  1. FESSH preparation

    Dupuytren's disease

    An expert synthesis of Dupuytren's disease — anatomy, the McFarlane cord pattern, the contemporary treatment landscape after the European withdrawal of collagenase, and the parallel consensus definitions of recurrence — for FESSH candidates and consultant peers.

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