Clinical Study
Buruli-Ulcer Induced Disability in Ghana: A Study at Apromase in the Ashanti Region
Table 2
Location and distribution of Buruli ulcer sequelae on patients (
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| Location of sequelae | Frequency (%) |
| Lower extremity contracture | 56 (49.6) | Upper extremity contracture | 38 (33.7) | Amputation within the lower extremities | 9 (8.0) | Amputation within the upper extremities | 3 (2.6) | Loss of eye (s) | 2 (1.7) | Loss of eyelids | 4 (3.5) | Loss of nose (or part of it) | 1 (0.9) |
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