02031nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042100001300051700001300064700001300077700002100090700001400111700001300125700002000138700001400158245011700172856007900289300001100368490000900379050001600388520137100404022001401775       2012                            d  c20121 aSamona J1 aSamona S1 aSamona C1 aGopalakrishnan S1 aShekhar P1 aKubern D1 aMohan Kumar P S1 aNassiri R00aAn orthopedic-, surgical-, and epidemiological-based investigation of leprosy, in the Tamil Nadu state of India.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3362809/pdf/AOP2012-783853.pdf  a7838530 v2012  aSAMONA 20123 a<p>No other research paper has ever been written about leprosy in this manner. The orthopedic and surgical implications, as well as the functional debility caused by the disease, have not been previously explained by past research as they have in such a comprehensive manner in this paper. The results of this study have regional and global implications as they pertain to disease pathology, risk factor recognition/disease prevention, and treatment. This paper is a unique, in that it also serves as a combination of a review of the current medical literature, as well as an epidemiological survey of the disease in a region of the world which has never been researched in the past. Clinical data points to the possibility of a new strain of the disease. This information is of significance because it effects prevention and improved treatment of the disease, which leads to devastating sequela. This was a cross-sectional study involving subjects diagnosed with leprosy in the Chengalpet region of the Kancheepuram District, of the Tamil Nadu state of India. The study was performed at the Tamil Nadu Medical College Teaching Hospital and Research Center. This study included various physical examinations, observation and survey of lesions, questionnaires in regard the debilitating orthopedic and medical effects of the disease, as well as treatment options.</p>  a2090-3472