Leprosy surgery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]

Surgery

Although leprosy can not be treated with surgery, some of its complications may be. Leprosy is known to cause skin lesions, such as ulcers or burns, cosmetic disfigurement, necrotic ulcers that may become infected and/or an increased risk of fractures. All these conditions may be treated, or see its impact minimized with surgical procedures, such as:

• Plastic surgery - for skin lesions, burns, cosmetic disfigurement, such as nasal septum collapse.
• Infection of necrotic ulcers - debridement of the lesion.

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