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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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Patient Explanation of Adherence and Non-Adherence to Venous Leg Ulcer Treatment: A Qualitative Study

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, Catelyn Richards, Louise Turnour, Victoria Team   +3 more
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Role of Platelet Rich Plasma in Healing of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcer: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]

Ain Shams Medical Journal, 2023
Background: Venous ulcers leg account for 80% of leg wounds caused by chronic venous insufficiency. Autologous platelet-rich plasma is used for wound healing treatment as it contains great variety of growth factors.
Mohammed Badr, Reda Ezz, Ayman Abdelmonaem, Amr Kamel   +3 more
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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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Comparison of efficacy of autologous platelet-rich fibrin versus Unna's paste dressing in chronic venous leg ulcers: A comparative study

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020
Background: Chronic venous leg ulcers are difficult to treat and recurrences are common. Among various modalities of treatment, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) has shown promising results in ulcer healing by providing necessary growth factors.
G Yuvasri, Reena Rai
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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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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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Non healing venous ulcer: An interesting presentation

Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 2021
Chronic leg ulceration affects 1–2% of the population and is associated with poor healing, frequent ulcer recurrence, and significant morbidity. Venous reflux can be identified in more than 70% of ulcerated legs.
Pranay Pawar, Konda Samuel Paul Pradeep, Amit Mahahan, Anil Luther   +3 more
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Internal consistency and reliability of the Swiss-French translation of the venous leg ulcer self efficacy tool (VeLUSET)

BMJ Open, 2019
Objective This study was conducted to assess the psychometric properties of the translated and adapted Venous Leg Ulcer Self Efficacy Tool (VeLUSET) in the new cultural context.Design Validation studySetting Three outpatient clinics in Western ...
Sebastian Probst, Mathieu Turcotte, Monika Buehrer Skinner   +2 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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