The prevention of plantar ulcer in leprosy.
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چکیده
The freq uency of plantar ulcer is such that, i n many places, new cases occur more rapidly than med ical care can heal and prevent the recurrence of exist ing ones. A method of prevent ion is essent ial if progress is to be made . . There are several possible approaches to the problem, and their study needs to be correlated with the subseq uent ulcer-history of the foot. They can be undertaken by anyone engaged in the care of leprosy pat ients and, with the except ion of those for vasomotor d istu rbance, no special eq u i pment is used. The purpose of this paper is to encourage interest i n one or other method, so as to i ncrease our k nowledge of the c l in ical val ue of each techn iq ue.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Leprosy review
دوره 34 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1963