TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Child
KW - Epidemiologic Methods
KW - Face
KW - Female
KW - Hand
KW - Humans
KW - India
KW - Leg
KW - leprosy
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Neurosurgical Procedures
KW - Surgery, Plastic
AU - Jesudasan S
AU - John S P
AU - Jesudasan K
AU - Christian M
AU - Fritschi E P
AB - <p>The trends in Reconstructive Surgery in Gudiyatham Taluk, an area where an effective Leprosy Control Programme has been in progress since 1963, were analysed. Over the years 1962-79, it is shown that there is a decline in the number of Reconstructive surgical operations in Karigiri, on patients from the Control area, even though the new case detection rate and the total number of operations from both control and non-control areas remained high. The decline in the number of Reconstructive Surgery on patients from a Control area, provides a reliable index to judge the efficacy of a Leprosy Control Programme.</p>
BT - Leprosy in India
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7253573?dopt=Abstract
CN - Infolep Library - available
DA - 1981 Apr
IS - 2
J2 - Lepr India
LA - eng
N2 - <p>The trends in Reconstructive Surgery in Gudiyatham Taluk, an area where an effective Leprosy Control Programme has been in progress since 1963, were analysed. Over the years 1962-79, it is shown that there is a decline in the number of Reconstructive surgical operations in Karigiri, on patients from the Control area, even though the new case detection rate and the total number of operations from both control and non-control areas remained high. The decline in the number of Reconstructive Surgery on patients from a Control area, provides a reliable index to judge the efficacy of a Leprosy Control Programme.</p>
PY - 1981
SP - 213
EP - 20
T2 - Leprosy in India
TI - An analysis into the trends of reconstructive surgery in Gudiyatham Taluk, a leprosy control area.
VL - 53
SN - 0024-1024
ER -