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. 1983;6(3):153-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF01742766.

Surgery on the peripheral nerves in leprosy

S S Pandya

Surgery on the peripheral nerves in leprosy

S S Pandya. Neurosurg Rev. 1983.

Abstract

In a short review the operative possibilities of peripheral nerve involvement in leprosy concerning pain and paralysis are discussed. External, extraneural and funicular neurolysis, transposition, and treatment of nerve abscess proved to be the methods of choice.

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