TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Aged
KW - Child
KW - Female
KW - Hand Deformities, Acquired
KW - Humans
KW - Independent State of Samoa
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Median Nerve
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
KW - Radial Nerve
KW - Sensation
KW - Ulnar nerve
AU - Brunel W
AU - Schecter W P
AU - Schecter G
AB - <p>We report the prevalence of sensory loss and hand deformity in 63 patients with Hansen's disease in American Samoa. Open ulceration, the most common deformity, was present in 41% of patients; sensory abnormalities were present in 54% and were bilateral in 65%. The presence of abnormal sensibility correlated with a high percentage of other deformities. Hand abnormalities were most prevalent in lepromatous patients and were related to a prolonged duration of disease. Nerve thickening did not appear to be a helpful clinical finding to assess the degree of sensory loss.</p>
BT - The Journal of hand surgery
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2832466?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1988 Mar
DO - 10.1016/s0363-5023(88)80064-9
IS - 2
J2 - J Hand Surg Am
LA - eng
N2 - <p>We report the prevalence of sensory loss and hand deformity in 63 patients with Hansen's disease in American Samoa. Open ulceration, the most common deformity, was present in 41% of patients; sensory abnormalities were present in 54% and were bilateral in 65%. The presence of abnormal sensibility correlated with a high percentage of other deformities. Hand abnormalities were most prevalent in lepromatous patients and were related to a prolonged duration of disease. Nerve thickening did not appear to be a helpful clinical finding to assess the degree of sensory loss.</p>
PY - 1988
SP - 279
EP - 83
T2 - The Journal of hand surgery
TI - Hand deformity and sensory loss due to Hansen's disease in American Samoa.
VL - 13
SN - 0363-5023
ER -