Ju.Yu. LEVICHEVA¹, E.I. SHATS¹, N.M. GABITOVA¹, E.P. SOLOVIEVA²

¹Scientific and Research Institute for the Study of Leprosy of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Astrakhan, Russian Federation

²Russian Eye and Plastic Surgery Center, Ufa, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation

  Contact details:

Levicheva Ju.Yu. – Head of the Clinical Department

Address: 3 N.Ostrovskogo driveway, Astrakhan, Russian Federation, 414057,  tel. (8512) 33-39-33, e-mail: levicheva@700200.ru  

 The purpose of the study is to improve the methods of rehabilitation measures for leprosy, accelerating the healing of neurotrophic ulcers.

Material and methods: Alloplant domestic technology, biomaterial derived from allogeneic tissues and containing the entire spectrum of tissue components involved in the construction and regulation of cell growth and differentiation processes. This biomaterial was for the local treatment of neurotrophic ulcers on the example of 10 patients with leprosy. Treatment was carried out under clinical and laboratory control, including clinical, microbiological and histological methods of research.

 Results: improvement of the processes of reparation and microcirculation, and reduction of the healing time, without the formation of coarse keloid scars, are demonstrated.

Conclusions: application of Alloplant technology in patients with leprosy accelerates the regenerative activity of tissues, allows for the healing of neurotrophic ulcers in a shorter time, increases the efficiency of medical rehabilitation of patients with leprosy.

 Key words: leprosy, complications, trophic ulcers, Alloplant technology.

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