Late follow-up of peripheral neural decompression in leprosy: functional and clinical outcomes.

Background: Peripheral neural surgical decompression (PNSD) is used as a complementary therapy to the clinical treatment of neuritis to preserve neural function.

Objective: To evaluate the long-term (≥ 1 year) clinical and functional results for PNSD in leprosy neuritis.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included leprosy patients who were in late postoperative period (LPO) of surgical decompression of ulnar, median, tibial, and fibular nerves.