01054nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001100080653001700091653002200108653001100130653001200141653000900153653001400162653002300176100001600199245009300215300001000308490000700318520046100325022001400786       1976                            d  c1976 Jan10aAdolescent10aAdult10aFemale10aFinger Joint10aFollow-Up Studies10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aParalysis10aPostoperative Care1 aPalande D D00aCorrection of paralytic claw finger in leprosy by capsulorrhaphy and pulley advancement.  a59-660 v583 a<p>Paralytic claw-finger deformity in leprosy was corrected by metacarpophalangeal capsulorrhaphy and fibrous flexor pulley advancement in ninety fingers in thirty-seven hands. Sixty-eight of these were analyzed after one to four years' follow-up. The overall results were: good in forty-two, fair in seventeen, and poor in nine. This procedure was done in selected patients in whom for various reasons good results of tendon transfer were not assured.</p>  a0021-9355