Epidemiological clinical profile and closure of chronic plantar ulcers in patients with leprosy sequelae undergoing orthopedic surgery in a municipality in western Amazon.
Francisco Mateus JoãoSilmara Navarro PeninniZanair Soares VasconcelosArineia Soares da SilvaKatia do Nascimento CouceiroAlba Regina Jorge BrandãoMônica Regina Hosannah da Silva E SilvaMarcello Facundo do Vale FilhoGuilherme Miranda Silva de OliveiraLucas Silva FerreiraVictor Irungu MwangiBernardo Maia da SilvaMaria das Graças Vale Barbosa GuerraJorge Augusto de Oliveira GuerraPublished in: PloS one (2023)
A higher incidence was observed in males and male and female illiterate patients. The regular use of shoes and insoles and dressings performed by nurse aides in health units contributed to shorter postoperative healing time. Orthopedic surgical treatment with corrective resection of bony prominences proved to be an efficient therapeutic method for the closure of chronic plantar ulcers. It is a reproducible method, justifying the importance of the orthopedic surgeon in the context of the multidisciplinary team to cope with these complex lesions.
Keyphrases