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Table 3 Expected complications associated with limited fasciectomy surgery

From: Dupuytren’s interventions surgery versus collagenase (DISC) trial: study protocol for a pragmatic, two-arm parallel-group, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

Amputation

Scar pain

Arterial injury

Scar related complications (including hypertrophy)

Bleeding

Stiffness

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Swelling

Delayed healing

Tendon injury

Infection

Edge necrosis

Instability

Carpal tunnel syndrome (starting within six weeks of limited fasciectomy)

Nerve injury

Other – Tenosynovitis (starting within 6 weeks of limited fasciectomy)

Pain

Other - Trigger finger (starting within 6 weeks of limited fasciectomy)

Paraesthesia (including dysaesthesia, burning and hyperaesthesia)