2010 International symposium on dupuytren disease
The
2010
International
Symposium
on
Dupuytren's Disease
was a comprehensive review of Dupuytren's Disease,
combining
invited reviews with presentations of new
material by world experts. The goal of this symposium
was to
promote a global collaborative effort to
develop better treatment options for Dupuytren's
disease and related
conditions, and this is now underway.
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The full program with abstracts and biographies is here.
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SYMPOSIUM
PROGRAM
Sat May 22
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 Session 1: Introductory Comments and Concepts
10:15 - 12:15 Session 2: The Myofibroblast
1:00 - 3:00 Session 3: Demographics and Genetics
3:15 - 5:15 Session 4: Collagen and Cell Biology
7:00 - 9:00 Dinner Reception and Presentation
Sun May 23
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 Session 5: Surgical Treatments
10:15 – 12:15 Session 6: Needle Release and Manual Therapy
1:00 – 3:00 Session 7: Biologic Intervention: Dupuytren's and Related Conditions
3:15 - 5:15 Session 8: The Future
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 Session 1: Introductory Comments and Concepts
- Charles Eaton MD: Introductory Remarks.
- Wolfgang Wach PhD: The Development of the
Dupuytren Society.
- Lee Osterman MD: Cline’s contracture:
Dupuytren was a thief. A history of surgery for
Dupuytren’s contracture.
- Ghazi Rayan MD: Dupuytren's disease:
anatomy, pathology, presentation.
- Ardeshir Bayat MD PhD: Genetics of
Dupuytren's.
- Albrecht Meinel MD: The palmar
fibromatosis or the loss of flexibility of the
palmar finger tissue. A new insight into the
disease process of Dupuytren’s contracture based
on clinical and anatomical findings.
- Hanno Millesi MD: Changes of the
visco-elastic properties of the palmar fascia as
pathogenetic basis of Dupuytren’s Disease.
10:15 - 12:15 Session 2: The Myofibroblast
- Paul Werker MD PhD: Management of soft
tissue contractures: a surgical perspective
- Paul Zidel MD MS: Dupuytren's versus burn
scar contracture.
- Boris Hinz PhD: Fundamental aspects of
myofibroblast contraction.
- Sem Phan PhD MD : Mechanisms of
myofibroblast differentiation..
- Véronique Moulin PhD : Tissue engineering and
the myofibroblasts.
- Giulio Gabbiani PhD MD: The N-terminal
peptide of a-smooth muscle actin Ac-EEED inhibits
myofibroblast contraction: therapeutic
implications.
- Heinrich Seegenschmiedt MD: Review Of
Radiotherapy For Morbus Dupuytren &
Ledderhose.
1:00 - 3:00 Session 3: Demographics and Genetics
- Guido Dolmans MD: A clinical genetic
study of familial Dupuytren’s Disease in the
Netherlands.
- Vilhjalmur Finsen PhD: The epidemiology of
Dupuytren’s disease in Bosnia.
- Hans Hennies PhD: Characterization of
the epidemiology and genetic basis for Dupuytren
Contracture.
- Guido Dolmans MD: A first genome-wide
association study in Dupuytren’s disease.
- Sandeep Kathju MD PhD: Establishing an animal
model of Dupuytren’s contracture by
profiling genes associated with fibrosis.
- Ivana Ratkaj PhD: Microarray expression
analysis of Dupuytren´s contracture.
- Guido Dolmans MD: Linkage analysis in
six Dutch families with Dupuytren’s disease.
3:15 - 5:15 Session 4: Collagen and Cell Biology
- Susan Hart VMD PhD: A primer of collagen
biology: synthesis, degradation, subtypes
and role in Dupuytren’s contracture.
- Janine Morris PhD: Collagen degradation
and the expression of proteases involved in
collagen metabolism in the contraction of collagen
gels by Dupuytren’s disease-derived fibroblasts.
- Martin Robson MD: Using laboratory
models to develop molecular mechanistic treatments
for Dupuytren’s disease.
- David O'Gorman PhD: Primary Dupuytren's
Disease cell interactions with the extra-cellular
environment: a link to disease progression?
- Christina Raykha MSc: Insulin-like Growth
Factor Binding Protein (IGFBP)-6: A mediator of
myofibroblast differentiation in Dupuytren’s
Disease?
7:00 - 9:00 Dinner Reception and Presentation
- Paul Wylock MD: A Working Day of Guillame Dupuytren
Sun May 23
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 Session 5: Surgical Treatments
- Lynn Ketchum MD : Dermofasciectomies
and full-thickness skin grafts in the treatment of
Dupuytren's contracture: a thirty-six year study.
- Robert Choa MD: Palmar Cutaneous
Branches of the Proper Digital Nerves Encountered
in Dupuytrens Surgery: a Cadaveric Study.
- Andrey Zhigalo MD: The features of
surgical tactic in treatment of patients with
severe stages Dupuytren contracture.
- Ilse Degreef PhD MD: Surgical outcome of
Dupuytren’s disease. No higher self-reported
recurrence after segmental fasciectomy.
- Michael Papaloïzos MD: Minimizing
cutaneous necrosis and delayed healing after
surgical treatment for Dupuytren’s contracture :
the mini-chevrons incision.
- Bernhard Lukas MD: Treatment of severe
Dupuytren contracture by homodigital flaps.
- Massimiliano Tripoli MD: The “Jacobsen
flap” for the treatment of stage III-IV
Dupuytren's disease at the little finger: our
review of 123 cases.
- Paul Smith MD: A Logical Approach to
the PIP Joint in Dupuytren's.
10:15 – 12:15 Session 6: Needle Release and Manual Therapy
- Holger Erne MD: Percutaneous needle
fasciotomy a serious alternative?
- Annet Van Rijssen MD: 5-year results of
first-ever randomised clinical trial on treatment
in Dupuytren's disease: percutaneous needle
fasciotomy versus limited fasciectomy.
- Roger Khouri MD: Extensive Percutaneous
Aponeurotomy and Lipografting: A new treatment
alternative for Dupuytren's disease.
- Bing Siang Gan PhD MD: Needle aponeurotomy for
Dupuytren's contracture, the HULC experience.
- John Agee MD: Growing the PIP straight
with the Digit Widget.
- Terri Skirven OTR/L CHT: Hand therapy for
Dupuytren's: Concepts, practical tips and
problems.
- Albrecht Meinel MD: The role of static
night splinting after contracture release for
Dupuytren’s disease. A preliminary recommendation
based on clinical cases.
- Deborah Larson BScOT, MSc: Splinting after
contracture release for Dupuytren’s disease
(SCoRD) – a pragmatic, multi-centre, randomized
controlled trial.
1:00 – 3:00 Session 7: Biologic Intervention: Dupuytren's and Related Conditions
- Marie Badalamente PhD: Injectable
collagenase clostridium histolyticum for
Dupuytren's contracture: results of the cord 1
study.
- Anne Ouellette MD MBA: Outcomes of
Apligraf use in Dupuytren's surgery using the
McCash incision improves long term outcome.
- Ilse Degreef PhD MD: Cellular implant
improves surgical outcome in Dupuytren’s disease.
- Heinrich Seegenschmiedt MD: Radiotherapy
For Primary Or Recurrent Morbus Ledderhose: 12
Year Long-Term Outcome Of A Prospective Phase 2
Trial.
- Wayne Hellstrom MD: Medical Management
of Peyronie’s Disease.
- Terry Spilken DPM: Cryotherapy for
Plantar Fibromas.
- Chrishan Samuel PhD: Relaxin: an emerging
therapy for fibroproliferative disorders.
- Davor Jurisic PhD MD: Screening of
potential prodrugs on cells derived from
Dupuytren's disease patients.
- Ilse Degreef PhD MD: Highly-dosed
neo-adjuvant tamoxifen improves surgical outcome
in segmental fasciectomy in high risk patients
with Dupuytren’s disease.
3:15 - 5:15 Session 8: The Future
- Panel Discussions: Global collaboration for Dupuytren’s and related conditions.
- Charles Eaton MD: Closing remarks.