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Leg ulcer treatment [PDF]

Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2009
Venous ulcers continue to cause problems for patients and health care systems. These are painful and unpleasant for the patient and expensive for health care providers to treat. This brief review highlights effective methods of management. There is level 1 evidence of the efficacy of compression (bandaging or stockings) in healing ulcers as well as ...
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From Negative Duplex to Phlegmasia in Minutes: Bedside POCUS Identifies Rapid Thrombosis Unmasking Underlying May–Thurner Syndrome

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
Point‐of‐care‐ultrasound revealed an evolving acute noncompressible deep vein thrombosis (asterisks) in the left lower extremity veins (right panel) that was not evident on duplex ultrasound 14 min prior (left panel; asterisks demonstrate compressed veins). The patient was treated emergently and found to have May–Thurner syndrome.
Anthony Unger
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type VIII: A Rare Cause of Leg Ulcers in Young Patients

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, 2013
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIII (EDS-VIII) is a very rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by early-onset periodontitis associated with features of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
Sophie Ronceray, Juliette Miquel, Antoine Lucas, Gérald E. Piérard, Trinh Hermanns-Lê, Anne De Paepe, Alain Dupuy   +6 more
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Invasive Candida krusei infection and Candida vasculitis of a leg ulcer in an immunocompetent patient: A case report

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
A 71 year old female Caucasian farmer without any known immunosuppression presented with a painful ulcer of her right lower leg after a trauma caused by a wood billet. There was no response to empirical antibacterial treatment.
Philipp Jud, Thomas Valentin, Sigrid Regauer, Thomas Gary, Gerald Hackl, Peter Rief, Marianne Brodmann, Franz Hafner   +7 more
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Synergistic Impacts of Co‐Exposure to Microplastics and Vibrio harveyi on the Immune and Stress Responses of the Big‐Belly Seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
Synergistic effects of microplastic and Vibrio harveyi co‐exposure on big‐belly seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis). Seahorses were exposed to microplastics (50 beads/L of 0.2 μm SMP and 1.0 μm LMP) and injected with V. harveyi (1 × 103 CFU/mL).
Jin A Kim, Min‐Min Jung, Seong Don Hwang, Jun‐Hwan Kim, Cheol Young Choi   +4 more
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Pulmonary hypertension in patients with Martorell hypertensive leg ulcer: a case control study

Respiratory Research, 2012
Background Martorell hypertensive ischemic leg ulcer (Martorell ulcer) is characterized by distinct alterations in the arteriolar wall of subcutaneous vessels, leading to progressive narrowing of the vascular lumen and increase of vascular resistance ...
Glutz von Blotzheim Leonardo, Tanner Felix C, Noll Georg, Brock Matthias, Fischler Manuel, Hafner Jürg, Speich Rudolf, Ulrich Silvia, Huber Lars C   +8 more
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Clinical Features and Therapeutic Outcomes in Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Prospective Cohort Study

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare neutrophilic dermatosis highly associated with systemic comorbidities. Accurate diagnosis and treatment remain challenging due to its rarity and clinical mimickers. Objectives To evaluate demographic, clinical features and treatment outcomes in patients referred with suspected PG at a tertiary ...
David Croitoru, Nesrine Brahimi, Haleh Zabihi, Cathryn Sibbald, Kyle Seigel, Delaram Shojaei, Eric McMullen, Afsaneh Alavi, Lily Archaempong, Aaron M. Drucker, Adam Weizman, Kenneth Croitoru, Robert Inman, Vincent Piguet   +13 more
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The Effect of Vacuum Compression Therapy on Diabetic Foot ulcer

مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2008
• Background:Recent studies indicate that vacuum compression therapy (VCT) of the foot may offer benefits in patients with intermittent claudication through improving arterial and venous blood flow.
Mojtaba Heshmatipour, Vajiheh Abroshan, Azam Masihi   +2 more
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Reduced Visibility of Pigment Network Under Sub‐UV Reflectance Dermatoscopy Compared to Polarised Dermatoscopy: A Novel Diagnostic Clue to Differentiate Melanomas From Nevi

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Melanoma accounts for more than 75% of skin cancer‐related mortality. Dermatoscopy is an evidence‐based technique for earlier detection, yet differentiating melanocytic lesions remains challenging. Sub‐UV reflectance dermatoscopy (sUVRD) uses purple light (405 nm) to visualise chromophore distribution in the skin.
L. Dupont, P. Pietkiewicz, J. Anriot, P. Greco, A. Petiot‐Walch, C. Coste, E. Aurambout, S. Darnis, M. Amini‐Adle, L. Thomas   +9 more
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Clinical Effect Analysis of Spinal Cord Electrical Stimulator Implantation for Diabetic Foot

Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface, EarlyView., 2021
Abstract Objective To investigate the clinical effect of spinal cord electrical stimulator implantation in the treatment of diabetic foot (DF). Materials and Methods We recruited 19 patients with DF who were admitted to Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University between January 2018 and May 2020.
Peng‐Bo Zhou, Min Bao
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