Try NA in France first. Pretty easy for you in the UK. I bet they can handle your problem. Plenty of references in this forum. The french doctors said that they do no do this procedure in England.

Good Luck

If one visits Dupuytren's sites, there are references to
amputation of 4th and 5th fingers because of stage 3-4
contractures that precluded intervention. In those cases,
Needle Apronevrotomy (NA) was also applied to create a
functional grip with the thumb and forefinger, middle finger
to facilitate self feeding and self grooming. When one's
hand is non-functional, any improvement is life enhancing.
Your Doctor may be correct in diagnosis and prognosis.
I would want a second (and third) opinion before I lost my hand. Perhaps after NA, some fingers might be "more" functional, while others were still sources of ingrown
nails. Amputation of one to thres fingers would be
preferable to loss of the entire hand, in my opinion.
Please take pictures (35 mm or digital) and send them to
a doctor listed on this website. This topic is beyond an
internet evaluation; the patient needs a hands-on clinical
evaluation. Take the pictures and mail or e-mail them to
an NA practitioner. The list is on Dave's Dupuytrens Links
website. If you have difficulities, please repost.

In two visits to a hnad surgeon locally, I asked if amputation was ever used. The physical therapist advised that patients that had amputation often experienced
"phantom pains" in the missing fingers.
I am so happy that I found this group and Dr.Eaton.
I came very glose to agreeing to the "old" surgery before
going to Dr. Eaton.

Duh, what would you expect a surgeon to say? If you let Dupuytren's continue with nothing being done, amputation is one of the options.

I made copies of my post ( Nov 13,2003- Miraculous Change)
and took them to the physical therapist that the local hand surgeon to whom I spoke.
I include photos and asked her to pass them to the hand surgeon that refused to talk about NA.
If enough of us pass the information on then perhaps the
others that keep promoting drastic surgery will listen.
They might even before interested enough to learn the
meedle aponevrotomy procedure.