01255nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653000900059653001800068653001100086653001200097653001200109653001500121653001700136100001400153700001500167245013000182300001100312490000600323520068200329022001401011       1983                            d  c1983 Jul-Sep10aFoot10aFoot Diseases10aHumans10aleprosy10aMuscles10aSkin Ulcer10aTibial Nerve1 aBoucher P1 aSébille A00a[Frequency of the association of perforating plantar leprotic lesions and truncal involvement of the posterior tibial nerve].  a177-820 v13 a<p>This study was performed to determine the electrophysiological status of the posterior tibial nerve and its muscular innervation in patients both with and without plantar ulcers without osteitis. In both cases, motor distal latencies remained normal, but the denervation of the plantar muscles was significantly more important in patients with ulcers. These results show that axonal degeneration is predominant in leprous neuritis affecting the tibial nerves. Neurolysis was performed in twelve patients in the retromalleolar part of the tibial nerve. All patients have recover from their ulcers, but no improvement of their electrophysiological parameters was observed.</p>  a0001-5938