Can You Go the Distance: Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum Manipulation at 1 Month after Injection

Lacey R. Pflibsen, MD; Nirbhay S. Jain, MD; Prosper Benhaim, MD

doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000005239

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (Sep 2023)

Can You Go the Distance: Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum Manipulation at 1 Month after Injection

Lacey R. Pflibsen, MD,
Nirbhay S. Jain, MD,
Prosper Benhaim, MD

Affiliations

Lacey R. Pflibsen, MD: From the * Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
Nirbhay S. Jain, MD: † Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.
Prosper Benhaim, MD: From the * Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000005239
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 9
p. e5239

Abstract

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Summary:. Collagenase Clostridium histolyticum is a popular treatment in Dupuytren contracture. Current guidelines are for manipulation 24 hours to 7 days after injection. We present a case of successful manipulation 28 days after injection.

Published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open

ISSN: 2169-7574 (Online)
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
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