01229nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653000800059653001100067653000800078653001200086653003200098653001300130100001400143700001600157245009200173300001000265490000700275520071500282022001400997       1980                            d  c1980 Jul-Aug10aArm10aHumans10aLeg10aleprosy10aNerve Compression Syndromes10aNeuritis1 aBourrel P1 aGiraudeau P00a[Surgery of leprous neuritis (a 16 mm colour-sound film--35 minutes (author's transl)].  a451-30 v403 a<p>When medical treatment is not sufficient, surgery may still improve leprous neuritis by:--opening of osteo-fibrous tunnels where is an external compression fixing the level of physiological blockade: the elbow for the cubital nerve, the wrist for the median nerve, the peroneal neck for the peroneal nerve, the instep for the tibial nerve;--opening the thickened and consequently inextensible epineurium, inducing a release of the compression acting upon the nervous bundles and permitting their recovery if they are not yet destroyed. The film describes the various techniques immediately effective in hyperalgic neuritis and giving valuable recoveries in forms showing already a functional impairment.</p>  a0025-682X