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A randomised controlled trial of compression therapies for the treatment of venous leg ulcers (VenUS 6): study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, parallel-group, three-arm randomised controlled trial

Trials, 2023
Background Venous leg ulcer(s) are common, recurring, open wounds on the lower leg, resulting from diseased or damaged leg veins impairing blood flow. Wound healing is the primary treatment aim for venous leg ulceration, alongside the management of pain,
C. E. Arundel, C. Welch, P. Saramago, U. Adderley, R. Atkinson, I. Chetter, N. Cullum, T. Davill, J. Griffiths, C. Hewitt, C. Hirst, M. Kletter, J. Mullings, G. Roberts, B. Smart, M. Soares, P. Stather, L. Strachan, N. Stubbs, D. J. Torgerson, J. Watson, S. Zahra, J. Dumville   +22 more
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Cost-Effective Use of Silver Dressings for the Treatment of Hard-to-Heal Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers [PDF]

, 2014
Aim To estimate the cost-effectiveness of silver dressings using a health economic model based on time-to-wound-healing in hard-to-heal chronic venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Background Chronic venous ulceration affects 1–3% of the adult population and
Jemec Gregor B. E., Sanne Lise Lauemøller, Gregor B E Jemec, Leaper, David John, David John Leaper, Lauemøller Sanne Lise, Lauemøller, Sanne Lise, Soyer, H. Peter, Leaper, David J., Kerihuel Jean Charles, Ousey, Karen, Ousey Karen, Lauemløler, Sanne Lise, Jemec, Gregor B. E., Jemec, Gregor B E, Jean Charles Kerihuel, Karen Ousey, Kerihuel, Jean Charles, Leaper David John   +18 more
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Nonhealing venous ulcer in a patient with dystrophic soft tissue calcification

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques, 2022
Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are lesions of the skin found in regions of venous hypertension. VLUs that fail to heal can become chronic, especially because of calcified deposits in the bed of the ulcer. The unclear mechanism behind the cause of calcification
Abdullah Nasif, MD, Karen Bauer, DNP, APRN-FNP, CWS, Vanessa Pasadyn, BA, Ayman Ahmed, MD, Munier Nazzal, MD, MBA, Mohamed Osman, MD, MBA   +5 more
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Compression in hypertensive leg ulcer (Martorell’s ulcer)

Veins and Lymphatics, 2016
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Patricia Senet
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Prevalence of people with sickle cell disease and leg ulcers in Brazil: Socioeconomic and clinical overview.

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, Eline Lima Borges, Antônio Carlos Martins Guedes, Paula Gabriela Ribeiro Andrade, Vera Lúcia de Araújo Nogueira Lima   +4 more
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Venous Leg Ulcers.

American family physician, 2016
Leg ulcers usually occur secondary to venous reflux or obstruction, but 20% of people with leg ulcers have arterial disease, with or without venous disorders. Between 1.5 and 3.0 in 1000 people have active leg ulcers. Prevalence increases with age to about 20 in 1000 people aged over 80 years.We conducted a systematic overview, aiming to answer the ...
Nelson, EA, Adderley, U
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Adult Patients with HbS-Only Phenotype of Sickle Cell Disease Have a Decreased Arginine/Asymmetric Dimethylarginine Ratio

Medical Principles and Practice
Introduction: Leg ulcer is the most common cutaneous manifestation of sickle cell disease (SCD). Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) inhibits nitric oxide synthase, reducing nitric oxide availability, and causing endothelial dysfunction.
Chiemelie Raluchukwu Onwasigwe, Angela Ogechukwu Ugwu, Anazoeze Jude Madu, Ikechukwu Okwudili Anigbogu, Chidiebele Michael Egolum   +4 more
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Chronic venous leg ulcer with multidrug resistant bacterial infection in a tertiary care hospital of Eastern India

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, Falguni Nag, Abhik Sarkar, Prasanta Kumar Maiti   +3 more
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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, S. Gökce, D. Herkiloglu, S. Ermin, M. Ekmez   +4 more
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Management of leg ulcers [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2000
Abstract Leg ulcer is a leading cause of morbidity among older subjects, especially women in the Western world. About 400 years BC, Hippocrates wrote, “In case of an ulcer, it is not expedient to stand, especially if the ulcer be situated on the leg”. Hippocrates himself had a leg ulcer.
P K, Sarkar, S, Ballantyne
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