Viking Hand
Viking hand or properly called Dupuytren’s Contracture affects 20% of men over 60 and 20% of women over 80.The usual treatment until now involves surgery with the inability to use the hand for six weeks. My question is, since the approval of a new drug called Xiapex® as from the first of this month, has anybody been offered this new treatment on the NHS or have they only been offered the surgery and not been informed of this new treatment. I suspect surgeons may be a bit shy about offering Xiapex® as it might be an expensive alternative to surgery but I would like to be proved wrong. Xiapex® is administered as an injection into the hand and should not be confused with needle manipulation which is used for more minor afflictions of this condition. As for myself I have had to remove my name from the surgeons list as I could not afford to take six weeks or more off work."Xiapex® (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) approved in the EU for treatment of Dupuytren’s Contracture"
Peter Wright ● 5506d0 Comments