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Biomarkers of Skin Graft Healing in Venous Leg Ulcers

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2022
There is a need for biomarkers that predict the success of transplantation of venous leg ulcers (with autologous split-thickness skin grafts). The primary objective of this exploratory study was to investigate the association between split-thickness skin
Klaus Kirketerp-Møller, Petra Doerfler, Nicole Schoefmann, Barbara Wolf-Winiski, Omid Niazi, Vibeke Pless, Tonny Karlsmark, Magnus Ågren   +7 more
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Longitudinal Evaluation of Biomarkers in Wound Fluids from Venous Leg Ulcers and Split-thickness Skin Graft Donor Site Wounds Treated with a Protease-modulating Wound Dressing

Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2022
Venous leg ulcers represent a clinical challenge and impair the quality of life of patients. This study examines impaired wound healing in venous leg ulcers at the molecular level.
Jacek Mikosiński, Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos, Louise Bundgaard, Cathrine Agnete Larsen, Simonas Savickas, Aleksander Moldt Haack, Konrad Pańczak, Katarzyna Rybołowicz, Tomasz Grzela, Michał Olszewski, Piotr Ciszewski, Karina Sitek-Ziółkowska, Krystyna Twardowska-Saucha, Marek Karczewski, Daniel Rabczenko, Agnieszka Segiet, Patrycja Buczak-Kula, Erwin M. Schoof, Sabine A. Eming, Hans Smola, Ulrich auf dem Keller   +20 more
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Venous leg ulcers. [PDF]

BMJ, 1970

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Photobiomodulation, as additional treatment to traditional dressing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers, in frail elderly with municipality home healthcare

PLoS ONE, 2022
The main objectives of the study were to explore whether laser Photobiomodulation (PBM) in addition to traditional dressing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcer, reduced healing time of the ulcer and if the duration of the ulcer before PBM impacted the ...
Marianne Degerman, Micael Öhman, Bo C. Bertilson   +2 more
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Can Wound Exudate from Venous Leg Ulcers Measure Wound Pain Status?: A Pilot Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
We investigated the associations between the self-evaluated pain status and two pain biomarker candidates, nerve growth factor and S100A8/A9, in exudate from venous leg ulcer to finally develop an objective pain evaluation method.
Taichi Goto, Nao Tamai, Gojiro Nakagami, Aya Kitamura, Ayumi Naito, Masayuki Hirokawa, Chisako Shimokawa, Kazuo Takahashi, Junichi Umemoto, Hiromi Sanada   +9 more
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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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Venous leg ulcers. [PDF]

BMJ, 1966
H. Jones, J. Townsend
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Clinico-etiological evaluation of chronic leg ulcer in a tertiary care center of eastern India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2020
Background: A chronic leg ulcer (CLU) is a significant public health problem. It has various etiologies. Racial, familial, occupational, and social factors may also have an impact on the prevalence of different causes of leg ulcers.
Falguni Nag, Gobinda Chatterjee, Arghyaprasun Ghosh, Abhishek De   +3 more
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Venous leg ulcer: Systemic therapy

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2014
Brijesh Nair
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Health service costs of treating venous leg ulcers in the UK: evidence from a cross-sectional survey based in the north west of England

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To estimate and examine the direct healthcare costs of treating people with open venous leg ulcers in the UK.Design Cost-of-illness study.Setting A cross-sectional survey of nine National Health Service community locales over 2-week periods in
Matt Sutton, Jo C Dumville, Nicky Cullum, Sean Urwin   +3 more
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