Incidência das deformidades da mão na hanseníase
A study of the hands of 360 hanseniasis patients of the Virchowian type showed that muscular atrophy is the most common deformity and that reabsortion of the left minumus is the rarest: Reconstructive and plastic surgery are effective only in earlycases. A continuous and systematic education of the...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 1978 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Instituto Lauro de Souza Lima (ILSL) |
| Repository: | Hansenologia Internationalis (Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/35642 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/hansenologia/article/view/35642 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Hanseníase Mão Deformidade Incapacidade Amiotrofia Cirurgia reparador Hanseniasis Hand Deformity Disability Muscular atrophy Reconstructive surgery |
| Summary: | A study of the hands of 360 hanseniasis patients of the Virchowian type showed that muscular atrophy is the most common deformity and that reabsortion of the left minumus is the rarest: Reconstructive and plastic surgery are effective only in earlycases. A continuous and systematic education of the patients still is the basic measure. |
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