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The Use of Surgery and Local Temperature Elevation in Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection
Author(s) -
Glynn P. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1969.tb06534.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mycobacterium ulcerans , skin grafting , surgery , grafting , mycobacterium , buruli ulcer , pathology , tuberculosis , disease , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer
Six cases of Mycobacterium infection are described. A critical evaluation of the various methods of treatment used is presented. The conclusions are that drugs have no place in the primary treatment of the condition, and that wide surgical excision and partial, thickness skin grafting followed by the application of heat by means of a specially constructed heat cradle are the best form of treatment. Problems associated with surgical management are discussed.