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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014 “This case shows how important a causal therapy is when treating wounds. The wound healing process stagnated until the compression therapy was performd consistently. The use of led to an impressive granulation once the wound had the chance to heal.
Reena Rai, Venkataram Mysore
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Health-related quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in Brazil and Portugal. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Venous ulcers constitute an important public health problem as they can cause disability with consequences for multiple dimensions of quality of life.To describe the quality of life in patients with venous leg ulcer treated in primary care in two cities ...
Sandra Maria da Solidade Simões de Oliveira Torres +10 more
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Patient Explanation of Adherence and Non-Adherence to Venous Leg Ulcer Treatment: A Qualitative Study [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 The aim of this study was to understand which factors influence patients’ adherence to venous leg ulcer treatment recommendations in primary care. We adopted a qualitative study design, conducting phone interviews with 31 people with venous leg ulcers in
Carolina D. Weller +3 more
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Influence of a specialised leg ulcer service and venous surgery on the outcome of venous leg ulcers
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 1998 To assess the influence of a vascular-led community service on the outcome of chronic leg ulcers.Before and after study.Healing and recurrence were compared between ulcerated limbs (n = 149) from a random sample of 200 patients treated in the community and consecutive limbs (n = 200) from 180 patients treated in specialised clinics.
A. S. K. Ghauri +5 more
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Prevention of venous leg ulcer recurrence
Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014 Leg ulcers associated with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) are known to recur after healing. Recurrence can occur in patients treated conservatively or with surgery.
M Manjunath Shenoy
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Cytokines and Venous Leg Ulcer Healing-A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2022 Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are the most common type of leg ulcers with a significant socioeconomic burden due to slow healing. Cytokines may be involved in the pathogenesis of VLUs.
Burian EA +6 more
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How health literacy relates to venous leg ulcer healing: A scoping review [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Background The level of personal health literacy of patients with venous leg ulcers is likely to affect their ability to self-manage their condition impacting on their adherence to treatment and influences healing and recovery outcomes.
Ayoub Bouguettaya +5 more
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Daily life after healing of a venous leg ulcer: A lifeworld phenomenological study [PDF]
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2022 Purpose Venous leg ulcer is a recognized condition, affecting people globally. Ulcers mainly affect the elderly and recurrences are not uncommon. There is knowledge about life with venous leg ulcers, but the situation after healing is unexplored.
Marcus Rosenburg +3 more
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The Wound Healing Index for Predicting Venous Leg Ulcer Outcome. [PDF]
Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle), 2020 Objective: To develop a venous leg ulcer (VLU) risk stratification system for use in research and clinical practice. Approach: U.S. Wound Registry data were examined retrospectively and assigned an outcome.
Fife CE, Horn SD.
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Understanding factors influencing venous leg ulcer guideline implementation in Australian primary care. [PDF]
Int Wound J, 2020 The aim of this study was to gain a better understanding of the venous leg ulcer (VLU) management in primary health care settings located in Melbourne metropolitan and rural Victoria, Australia. We explored health professionals' perspective on the use of
Weller CD +3 more
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