Dupuytren's in the Public Eye
The "Facts on Hand" campaign was associated with increased public interest in DC and coincided with regionally specific shifts in treatment utilization. Although the campaign emphasized a nonsurgical option, breakout searches for terms such as "hand surgeon near me" and "Dupuytren's surgery" suggest that treatment-specific advertising may have encouraged broader engagement with treatment overall. These findings highlight the potential for DTCA to not only raise awareness of the condition itself but also prompt patients to seek specialist care.
Authors
- Shelley S. Noland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-1306)
- Sara C. Kisiel
- Sunny Vansdadia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3267-5697)
- Pooja Dhupati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8226-3915)
- Krishna Unadkat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6475-2832)
- Jonathan Jeger
Institutions
- University of Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sap.0000000000004670
- Primary Topic
- Dupuytren's Contracture and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00