Dupuytren’s contracture (Dupuytren contracture) is a condition that affects the hands and fingers. It is an uncommon hand deformity in which the connective tissue under the skin of the palm contract and toughen over time. It causes one or more of the fingers on one or both hands to bend into the palm of the hand. Dupuytren’s contracture is named after the French surgeon, Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, who first described and researched the condition in 1834.
