In the majority of cases, plantar ulcers in need of surgical intervention can be treated by very simple procedures. Patients benefit from treatment facilities near to their homes. In the process of integration surgery could be made available to leprosy patients in peripheral health units near their homes by training non-specialist surgeons in peripheral health units in basic surgical procedures, aiming at ulcer healing as well as preventing reoccurrence of ulcers.
BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10464438?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1999 Jun DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19990023 IS - 2 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -In the majority of cases, plantar ulcers in need of surgical intervention can be treated by very simple procedures. Patients benefit from treatment facilities near to their homes. In the process of integration surgery could be made available to leprosy patients in peripheral health units near their homes by training non-specialist surgeons in peripheral health units in basic surgical procedures, aiming at ulcer healing as well as preventing reoccurrence of ulcers.
PY - 1999 SP - 204 EP - 11 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Ulcer surgery for non-specialist surgeons. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1999/v70n2/pdf/v70n2a10.pdf VL - 70 SN - 0305-7518 ER -