TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Debridement
KW - Denervation
KW - Disabled Persons
KW - Endemic Diseases
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - leprosy
KW - Madagascar
KW - Male
KW - Mass Screening
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Palliative Care
KW - Patient Selection
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Treatment Outcome
AU - Razafimalala F C
AU - Rakotondramarina D B
AU - Razafitsalama C
AU - Randimbiarisoa A
AB - <p>Leprosy is endemic in Madagascar and the diagnosis of leprosy is still done lately. Thus, many patients suffer from multiple and/or severe disabilities. Since a long time, many leprologists argue that surgery is necessary and useful in the treatment of these disabilities. We report the results of a retrospective study done in 25 patients reevaluated 2 to 7 years after surgery. Of these patients: 17 patients (68%) have success, 7 patients (28%) have a partial improvement and only 1 case (4%) had no benefit. These results are encouraging and suggest that surgery must be proposed more often to treat in leprosy disabilities.</p>
BT - Acta leprologica
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11526638?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2000-2001
IS - 1
J2 - Acta Leprol
LA - fre
N2 - <p>Leprosy is endemic in Madagascar and the diagnosis of leprosy is still done lately. Thus, many patients suffer from multiple and/or severe disabilities. Since a long time, many leprologists argue that surgery is necessary and useful in the treatment of these disabilities. We report the results of a retrospective study done in 25 patients reevaluated 2 to 7 years after surgery. Of these patients: 17 patients (68%) have success, 7 patients (28%) have a partial improvement and only 1 case (4%) had no benefit. These results are encouraging and suggest that surgery must be proposed more often to treat in leprosy disabilities.</p>
PY - 2000
SP - 25
EP - 8
T2 - Acta leprologica
TI - [Leprosy surgery: retrospective study in Madagascar].
VL - 12
SN - 0001-5938
ER -