Decompressive surgery for treating nerve damage in leprosy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Van Veen, Natasja H J ^a   Schreuders, Ton A R ^a   Theuvenet, Willem J ^b   Agrawal, Amit ^c   Richardus, Jan Hendrik ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Hospital Centre Apeldoorn   (Netherlands)

^c DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICONDYLECTOMY; EPINEUROTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEPROSY; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; NEURITIS; NEUROPATHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70249148552     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006983.pub2     Document Type: Review

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