Contents:

• "Wide awake approach" - Anesthesia: O. Wölfle, M. Sauerbier
• Recent developments in the treatment of Dupuytren´s contracture: Dr. Jörg Witthaut
• Postoperative treatment of Dupuytren´s contracture as practiced in the Dept. of Hand Surgery, Bad Neustadt/Saale: M. Behrendt, I. Gundelwein, Prof. J. van Schoonhoven
• CMC-splint: A possible source of relief in the daily clinical routine?: K. Voss