Buruli ulcer - Management of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease
WARNING: disturbing figures on surgical treatment
Oedematous forms
Incision mark (Fig. 17a)
Marcel Crozet
Incision (Fig. 17b)
Marcel Crozet
Dissection (Fig. 17c)
Marcel Crozet
Completed excision (Fig. 17d)
Marcel Crozet
Ulcerative forms
Excision - small ulcer (Fig. 18a)
Roger Pradinaud
Incisions - large ulcers (Fig. 18b)
Luca Saguatti
Excision - large ulcer (Fig. 18c)
Luca Saguatti
Skin graft application (Fig. 18d)
Luca Saguatti
Split-skin grafting technique
Razor blade technique for harversting split-skin graft (Fig. 19)
Marcel Crozet
Complications and sequelae
Involvement of genitalia (Fig. 21)
Pius Agbernorku
Involvement of the eye: before and after treatment (Fig. 22a-b)
Augustin Guédénon
Augustin Guédénon
Involvement of the scalp and face (Fig. 23)
Marcel Crozet
Involvement of the neck (Fig. 24)
Giovanni Batista Priuli
Involvement of the breast (Fig. 25)
Pius Agbernorku
Involvement of the bone
Surgery for bone involvement (Fig. 26a)
Giovanni Batista Priuli
Irrigating infected bone (Fig. 26b)
Giovanni Batista Priuli
External fixation (Fig. 27)
Christophe Oberlin