Surgery on the peripheral nerves in leprosy.
In a short review the operative possibilities of peripheral nerve involvement in leprosy concerning pain and paralysis are discussed. External, extraneural and funicular neurolysis, transposition, and treatment of nerve abscess proved to be the methods of choice.
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D009443:Neuritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010243:Paralysis / Q000601:surgery; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000601:surgery*