Cross H, Sane S, Dey A, Kulkarni V N
Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, Pune, India.
Lepr Rev. 1995 Jun;66(2):144-57. doi: 10.5935/0305-7518.19950016.
This study examines the outcome of a management approach to plantar ulceration secondary to leprotic neuropathy. Locally-available resources were used to produce podiatric orthoses which were supplied to an experimental group. The effects on healing time and quality of healing were compared with a control group. Both groups were ambulant (the programme sought not to interfere with socioeconomic independence). Using standard nonparametric methods of analysis, it was demonstrated that the effects on healing rate, attributed to the experimental intervention, were highly significant. Over a 7-month period, 57% of the experimental group ulcers healed, while only 12.5% of the control group ulcers healed. The experimental intervention also demonstrated a positive effect on the quality of ulcer healing. This effect was not reflected in the control group.
本研究探讨了针对麻风性神经病变继发足底溃疡的一种管理方法的效果。利用当地可得资源制作了足科矫形器，并提供给一个实验组。将其对愈合时间和愈合质量的影响与一个对照组进行了比较。两组患者均能行走（该项目旨在不干扰社会经济独立性）。使用标准非参数分析方法表明，实验性干预对愈合率的影响非常显著。在7个月的时间里，实验组57%的溃疡愈合，而对照组只有12.5%的溃疡愈合。实验性干预对溃疡愈合质量也显示出积极影响。对照组未体现出这种效果。
