There is a large reservoir of leprosy patients, no longer contagious, due to multidrug therapy, who are considered cured and are becoming increasingly disabled due to progressive chronic nerve entrapment in the upper and lower extremities. After a review of the history of understanding leprous neuropathy, an approach is outlined based on the approach taken to relieve pain and restore sensation that prevents ulcers and amputations in diabetics with neuropathy and superimposed nerve compressions. The results of the first application of this approach in an indigenous area for leprosy, Guayaquil, Ecuador, is discussed with implications for international care of this neglected patient population.
BT - Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013412?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1016/j.cpm.2015.12.009 IS - 2 J2 - Clin Podiatr Med Surg LA - eng N2 -There is a large reservoir of leprosy patients, no longer contagious, due to multidrug therapy, who are considered cured and are becoming increasingly disabled due to progressive chronic nerve entrapment in the upper and lower extremities. After a review of the history of understanding leprous neuropathy, an approach is outlined based on the approach taken to relieve pain and restore sensation that prevents ulcers and amputations in diabetics with neuropathy and superimposed nerve compressions. The results of the first application of this approach in an indigenous area for leprosy, Guayaquil, Ecuador, is discussed with implications for international care of this neglected patient population.
PY - 2016 SP - 203 EP - 17 T2 - Clinics in podiatric medicine and surgery TI - Multiple Crush Concept Applied to Multiple Nerves in Leprous Neuropathy. VL - 33 SN - 1558-2302 ER -