Patients' perceptions of reconstructive surgery in leprosy

Leprosy Review

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-54

  John, Annamma S ^a   Kumar, D Vijaya ^b   Rao, P S S ^c  

^a Premananda Memorial Leprosy Hospital   (India)

^b Leprosy Mission Hosp   (India)

^c India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MALFORMATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LEPROSY; LIMB DEFORMITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; FOOT MALFORMATION; HAND MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 19844363850     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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