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Surgical Open Palm (McCash) Technique

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The McCash technique, also known as the open palm technique or open transverse palmar fasciectomy technique, was first described in 1964 by McCash. The aim is to provide the surgeon with a direct view of the pathology for easier excision. By leaving the wound open, complications, such as hematoma formation and skin necrosis resulting from suturing skin under tension, are avoided. While there is no accepted treatment for Dupuytren’s disease, the McCash technique has few complications.

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  1. The “Panayotis N. Soucacos” Orthopaedic Research & Education Center, Attikon University Hospital, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Rimini 1, 124 62 Haidari, Athens, Greece

    Panayotis N. Soucacos MD, FACS & Aristides B. Zoubos MD

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

    Zinon Kokkalis MD

  3. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias Str. 11572 Goudi, Athens, Greece

    Elizabeth O. Johnson PhD

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery Division of Hand Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Marco Rizzo

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Soucacos, P.N., Kokkalis, Z., Zoubos, A.B., Johnson, E.O. (2016). Surgical Open Palm (McCash) Technique. In: Rizzo, M. (eds) Dupuytren’s Contracture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23841-8_10

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