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Disease History of "Morbus Dupuytren" und "Morbus Ledderhose"

including pictures

By Stefan Horn

Born 26 Feb 1965 in Uslar, county of Northeim, Germany.

Tel: 0049 175 7623696, eMail: hornundcom@gmx.de, this document is also available in the Internet as PDF under www.morbusdupuytren-sh.de.vu (also as text only)

1^st surgery

Summer 1998 (Dr. Hessabi, now Frau Dr. Hunger-Wenke, obere Karspuele 22, 37073 Göttingen, surgery in Hainbergklinik)

· full anesthesia

· right hand 4+5 main joint

· left foot

2^nd surgery

Feb 2002 (Dr. Van Den Boom, Klinik Dr. Boueke, Koenigstr., Hannover)

· anesthesia into the armpit

· left hand, 3^rd main joint, a little PIP; 4^th main joint stron, PIP; 5^th main joint strong.

3^rd surgery

Feb 2003 (Dr. W. Förster, Peinerstr. 2, Hannover, Amb. Surgery Center)

· anesthesia into the armpit

· right hand, between 1 & 2; 3^rd main joint; 4^th main joint; 5^th main and PIP;

· scar correction between 3 and 4.

4^th surgery

October 2003 (Dr. Förster)

· anesthesia into the armpit

· right hand 5, main & middle.; middle wired inside for 3 weeks

Surgery mainly because of painful remainders of previous surgery. A small hole in the palm below the 5^th finger caused pain every time I rgipped something. Possibly a nerve end that got included in the scar tissue.

5^th surgery

26 May 2005 (surgeons: Fr. Dr. Pein, Fr. Dr. Schüler, Ass. Dr. Wagner,

Unfallklinik des Friederikenstifts, Marienstr., Hannover, Pa-Nr:688771)

· anesthesia into the armpit and elbow.

· right hand 5, main and PIP, PIP internally wired for 2 weeks, basically the same place as in Oct 2003.

· The surgery was planned for more fingers but the fifth finger already took 2 hours and there was a limit of how long the hand could be bloodless.

Prior to surgery Dr. Hoppe had extensively inspected both hands and wrote along report that was also provided to Dr. Lentschig (Marienstr., Hannover).

... preparing for further surgeries:

· right hand: 1^st main, 2^nd main + PIP (***see pic of 2005.05.25 of 5^th surgery***)

· left hand: 1^st main, 2^nd main + PIP, 3^rd main, 4^th main + PIP, 5th all joints.; Tip of 2^nd main.

· both feet

*** no picture of feet ***

Hannover, Germany, Jul 2005