Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Abstract
1. An account of fifty-four patients suffering from ainhum is presented, and the clinical and pathological findings are discussed. 2. Etiology is considered, and a plan of treatment proposed. 3. Ainhum in Ibadan is a disease of all ages and both sexes. 4. Most patients have considerable pain. 5. It is due to a non-inflammatory change in the basal layer of the epidermis. 6. Surgical treatment has gratifying results.
Publisher
British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
Subject
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Surgery
Cited by
36 articles.
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