{"id":39635,"date":"2021-03-30T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.yuveo.eu\/lexikon\/is-radiotherapy-an-option-for-dupuytrens-disease\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T15:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:38:30","slug":"is-radiotherapy-an-option-for-dupuytrens-disease","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/is-radiotherapy-an-option-for-dupuytrens-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Is radiotherapy an option for Dupuytren&#8217;s disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26930\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26930 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/morbus-dupuytren-grad4-10138w-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dupuytren's disease grade 4\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/morbus-dupuytren-grad4-10138w-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/morbus-dupuytren-grad4-10138w.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grade 4 Dupuytren&#8217;s disease<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Radiation is also a treatment option without surgery for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/hand\/dupuytrens\/\">Dupuytren&#8217;s disease<\/a>. However, the possible side effects, which may only occur years later<strong>(late effects!<\/strong>), should not be concealed by the hand surgeon. These include  <\/p>\n<h2>Radiation ulcers in Dupuytren&#8217;s disease<\/h2>\n<p>Damage to the skin and deeper structures can cause these tissues to partially disappear after Dupuytren&#8217;s radiation.<\/p>\n<p>Deeper structures such as tendons, nerves or even bones can then be exposed and at high risk of infection. As the irradiated skin is hardly capable of regeneration, the treatment of these radiation ulcers (ulceration) is more difficult. <\/p>\n<p>Further changes (similar to scarring) can result in scar distortion, nerve damage, vascular occlusion, lymphatic occlusion, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>Scar cancer<\/h2>\n<p>The risk of <strong>scar cancer<\/strong> in the irradiated area should also not be underestimated. In a study by Dufourmentel (1988), the risk of skin cancer after radiation damage (radiodermatitis) to the hand was as high as 20 %. <\/p>\n<p>So should benign Dupuytren&#8217;s disease be irradiated like a malignant tumor?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiation is also a treatment option without surgery for Dupuytren&#8217;s disease. However, the possible side effects, which may only occur years later(late effects!), should not be concealed by the hand surgeon. These include Radiation ulcers in Dupuytren&#8217;s disease Damage to the skin and deeper structures can cause these tissues to partially disappear after Dupuytren&#8217;s radiation. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[125,131,148],"class_list":["post-39635","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-hand","encyclopedia-tag-handchirurgie","encyclopedia-tag-morbus-dupuytren"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}