01585nas a2200157   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042700001800056700001500074700001500089245006900104856006900173490000600242520116500248022001401413       2016                            d1 aPondé JM1 aBittencourt J1 aTanajura A1 aRibeiro CD00aUlnar Nerve Decompression in Neural Form of Leprosy in Childhood  uhttps://www5.bahiana.edu.br/index.php/medicine/article/view/10120 v43 a<p>Leprosy is a disease that potentially affects adults with a long latency period of 3 to 5 years. However,</p>

<p>children are prone to acquire the disease especially in places of high prevalence and poor epidemiologic</p>

<p>control. The surgical decompression is an ancillary method of treatment, although recent investigations</p>

<p>call attention for the similarity of results of conservative management. The objective of this study, then,</p>

<p>was to call attention for surgical indication in leprosy patients with ulnar impairment soon after failure</p>

<p>of conservative management. The authors describe and analyze a case of an outpatient operated child</p>

<p>with ulnar nerve involvement by leprosy after 1 year of clinical treatment and failure. The predominant</p>

<p>symptoms were pain and physical deformity. There was a great improvement following the surgery even</p>

<p>after delayed operation. The surgical intervention is sometimes necessary to avoid deformities although</p>

<p>more randomized series must confi rm the superiority of surgery in relation to clinical management in</p>

<p>some cases.</p>
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