[Hand injury may provoke development of Dupuytren's disease].

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature concerning a possible relationship between acute injury, infection, or operation of the hand and the development of Dupuytren's disease for two centuries. There has been an ongoing documentation of various cases showing this relationship, but no evidence has been presented to permit a definitive conclusion. Through this review we will present a summary of the existing literature and the possible conclusions. There are no original data in this article.