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Daily life after healing of a venous leg ulcer: A lifeworld phenomenological study

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, Cecilia Fagerström, Hanna Tuvesson, Gunilla Lindqvist   +3 more
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Foam Sclerotherapy of Incompetent Perforators with Compression Versus Compression alone for Treatment of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2022
Introduction: Venous Leg Ulcers account for 70% of all leg ulcers and estimates 1% of the populatio Objective: To compare the efficacy of compression +duplex guided injection sclerotherapy of incompetent perforators versus compression alone in treatment ...
mohamed zeyada, mahmoud soliman, islam ibrahem, hossam tawfeek   +3 more
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Compression for venous leg ulcers [PDF]

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012
Up to one percent of people in industrialised countries will suffer from a leg ulcer at some time. The majority of these leg ulcers are due to problems in the veins, resulting in an accumulation of blood in the legs. Leg ulcers arising from venous problems are called venous (or varicose or stasis) ulcers. The main treatment is the application of a firm
O'Meara, Susan, Cullum, Nicky; id_orcid 0000-0003-2631-123X, Nelson, E. Andrea, Dumville, J. C.; id_orcid 0000-0002-6546-3685   +3 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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Leg ulceration in venous disease [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1992
Summary We have given a brief summary of the scale of the problem caused by venous ulceration in the UK, and have then reviewed the various theories of causation, including a historical survey, and presented the evidence for and against the two main current theories of fibrin cuffs and white cell trapping.
S K, Shami, D A, Shields, J H, Scurr, P D, Smith   +3 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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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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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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Venous and arterial leg ulcers [PDF]

BMJ, 2006
Venous leg ulceration is due to sustained venous hypertension, which results from chronic venous insufficiency. In the normal venous system, pressure decreases with exercise as a result of the action of the calf muscle pump. When the muscles relax, the valves in the perforating veins connecting the superficial to the deep venous circulation prevent ...
Joseph E, Grey, Keith G, Harding, Stuart, Enoch   +2 more
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