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PLoS ONE, 2022 ObjectiveTo identify the prevalence of people with leg ulcers resulting from sickle cell disease, as well as to describe the clinical, social, economic, and demographic conditions of these people.MethodDescriptive study, carried out at the Minas Gerais ...
Josimare Aparecida Otoni Spira +4 more
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A Challenging Diagnosis of Leg Ulcer
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2018 Ischaemic ulcers of the lower limb can have several aethiopathological mechanisms. For instance, the uncommon Martorell hypertensive leg ulcer is an infrequent complication of long-term uncontrolled arterial hypertension and is largely ignored and ...
Maria João Serpa +6 more
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Venous leg ulcer management [PDF]
, 2017 The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2016) define a leg ulcer as a loss of skin on the foot or the leg (below the knee), which has not healed within 2 weeks and is considered chronic if not healed within 4 weeks.
Nuttall, Dilyse
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Dermatopathology, 2018 Skin biopsy is an important procedure for a correct diagnosis of varying skin conditions, from inflammatory to neoplastic diseases. Nevertheless, some authors still consider this procedure a high risk in patients affected by leg ulcers (LUs) and prefer reserving it for selected cases [1].
Sacchelli, Lidia +5 more
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Compression in hypertensive leg ulcer (Martorell’s ulcer)
Veins and Lymphatics, 2016 Not ...
Patricia Senet
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Ulcus cruris caused by a giant pelvic mass: A case report
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2020 Background: The cause of most leg ulcers is vascular insufficiency. The most common are arterial and venous leg ulcers. Case Summary: We report a large therapy-resistant ulcer present for a year on the right leg of a 42-year-old woman who also had a ...
P.C. Goksedef +4 more
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BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To investigate factors that promote and prevent the use of compression therapy in people with venous leg ulcers.Design Qualitative interview study with nurses using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).Setting Three National Health Service ...
Jane Griffiths +7 more
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Cost effectiveness analysis of larval therapy for leg ulcers [PDF]
, 2009 Objective: To assess the cost effectiveness of larval therapy compared with hydrogel in the management of leg ulcers. Design: Cost effectiveness and cost utility analyses carried out alongside a pragmatic multicentre, randomised, open trial with equal ...
Bland, J. Martin +7 more
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Journal of the Scientific Society, 2013 Chronic venous leg ulcer represents a major issue for both patients and health-care provider being associated with impaired quality of life. We here report a case of non-healing venous ulcer over gaiter area of right leg.
Kalidas Rit +3 more
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Cost-effectiveness of treatments for superficial venous refluxin patients with chronic venous ulceration. [PDF]
, 2018 Background Venous leg ulcers impair quality of life significantly, with substantial costs to health services. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost‐effectiveness of interventional procedures alongside compression therapy versus compression ...
Davies, A +3 more
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