01561nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653000900059653001100068653001200079653003200091653002500123653001300148653001700161100001200178700001900190700001500209700001400224700001200238245007600250300001000326490000700336050003200343520089400375022001401269       1987                            d  c1987 Oct-Dec10aFoot10aHumans10aleprosy10aNerve Compression Syndromes10aPostoperative Period10aSweating10aTibial Nerve1 aRao K S1 aBalakrishnan S1 aOommen P K1 aSwamy M K1 aDurai V00aRestoration of plantar sweat secretion in the feet of leprosy patients.  a442-90 v59  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>As part of the studies on nerve damage and its consequences in leprosy, the status of sweat gland function in the anaesthetic sole of the feet of leprosy patients was investigated qualitatively and semi-quantitatively, before and after surgical decompression of the posterior tibial neurovascular bundle. Sweat prints of the feet of the patients were obtained pre-operatively and postoperatively on Whatman's No. 1 filter paper. The paper was treated with one percent Ninhydrin and the intensities of the Ninhydrin positive areas were quantitated. Forty one feet of thirty six patients have been studied in this manner. Sweat print analysis of twenty normal people have also been done, and included for comparison. This operative procedure has been found to effect an improvement in the sweat gland function in the feet of more than fifty percent of leprosy patients studied so far.</p>  a0254-9395