Dear Dr Denkler,

Thank you so much for going to France. I know it's a burden and really appreciate the time you are taking from your practice to do this.

Bon Voyage,
Frances

Hi all,

The list of M.D.s performing N.A.* I presented recently has only U.S. doctors because I had saved those in various locations in my files.

*(N.A. is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure for Dupuytrens which effectively breaks the cords which cause contraction of the fingers, thereby releasing them. It seems to have a very good safety record so far. Dr.Eaton was apparently the first to do this procedure in the United States and his website is an excellent source of information: http://www.handcenter.org/newfile16.htm )


I didn't have the time/patience to go back and trace the addresses of those outside U.S.

If you have those, or want to search them out, please let me know and I will amend the list to ad them.

FRANCES--your idea of identifying doctors with French training is a good one and I had thought of that too, but don't have the info. at my fingertips. I can update the list periodically, or ANYONE ELSE CAN TOO. IT'S "OURS" not mine. I don't know who was doing this before but it hadn't been posted for awhile.

Who is the trained doctor that you are referring to?

I have just come across this foram. I had an operation for Ledderhose Dis ease similar to Dupuytres's this is in both of my feet. This operation I had led to major complications. Not knowing at the time this person who operated on me was not a fully qualified orthopaidic surgeon and he was from a third world country has not made my situation any better. I have been reading this foram with much interest can anyone who has had Ledderhose Disease operated on PLEASE help

Bill,

Here is the entire list. Looks like Press is your man.

LIST OF DOCTORS OFFERING NEEDLE APONEUROTOMY* TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTRENS CONTRACTURE IN U.S. (Updated 12/11/05)
please let us know of any corrections or additions

FOR INTERNATIONAL DOCTORS PERFORMING N.A. see: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/f.badois-dupuytren/html/liste.html

*(N.A. is a minimally invasive outpatient procedure for Dupuytrens which effectively breaks the cords which cause contraction of the fingers, thereby releasing them. The procedure has been available in France for many years with an excellent safety record and was introduced in the U.S. in 2003 by Dr. Charles Eaton. Since then a number of other doctors have begun offering N.A. to their patients as an alternative to open hand surgery.

KEY: FT = FRENCH-TRAINED

Charles Eaton, M.D. and Paul Zidel, M.D. (FT)
CERTIFIED HAND SURGEONS
The Hand Center
1002 Old Dixie Hwy, Suite 105
Jupiter, FL 33458
Phone: 561-746-3420
http://www.handcenter.org/newfile16.htm

David Kline, M.D (FT)
BOARD CERTIFIED EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN
Dupuytren's Clinic
Holy Rosary Medical Center
351 SW 9th St
Ontario, OR 97914
phone: 208-344-5628
http://dupuytrenscenter.com/

William Bourland, M.D.
CERTIFIED HAND SURGEON
The Hand Clinic
6286 Briarcrest Avenue
Memphis, TN 38120
Appointments: 901-259-1600 or 901-259-1684
bourland@orthomemphis.com
www.orthomemphis.com

Keith Denkler, M.D. (FT)
CERTIFIED HAND SURGEON
275 Magnolia
Larkspur, CA 94939
Phone: 415-924-6010
info@aestheticsurgery.com
http://www.plasticsurgerysf.com/dupuytrens/

Gary Pess, M.D. (FT)
CERTIFIED HAND SURGEON
Central Jersey Hand Surgery
2 Industrial way West
Eatontown NJ 07724
Phone: 732-542-4477
handman@doctor.com
http://www.centraljerseyhand.com/dupuytren.htm

Prosper Benhaim, M.D.
Associate Professor of Hand Surgery
CERTIFIED HAND SURGEON
200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 140
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6902
Hand Center: (310) 794-7784 Information and referral
(310) 825-7001 Information
pbenhaim@mednet.ucla.edu

Terrence J. Barry, M.D. (FT)
ORTHOPAEDICS BOARD CERTIFIED
3802 NE 207 St #2302
Miami, FL 33180
Phone: 305-822-6000
Fax: 305-557-5904
Drtbarry@aol.com