Nerve damage, surgery and rehabilitation in leprosy.

Introduction sy is the only bacterial disease chary the causative organisms infecting the nerves. Clinical or histological tion of peripheral nerve involvement in lesion or elsewhere is an essential criterion for leprosy. The consequences ral nerve involvement result in great and social stigma associated with twithstanding all this, our knowledge of lvement and damage in leprosy is d our ability to modify the course of ited.