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McFarlane cord pattern
The classical taxonomy of pathological cords in Dupuytren's contracture — pretendinous, central, spiral, lateral, retrovascular, abductor digiti minimi, and first-web cords — described by McFarlane in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1974 from a dissection of 69 contracted fingers in 50 consecutive cases. The operative anchor for surgical anatomy across all modalities.