Results 41 to 50 of about 29,304 (258)

Exploring Resilience When Living with a Wound — An Integrative Literature Review [PDF]

, 2014
The psychological impact for patients with wounds can be significant, and adverse psychological effects frequently occur when there are permanent changes in the body’s structure or function.
Edward, Karen-Leigh, Ousey, Karen
core   +2 more sources

Iliac Vein Compression- The May-Thurner Syndrome Diagnosed by CT Angiography [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020
Chronic venous insufficiency and venous ulcers are a frequent cause of morbidity in diabetic as well as non-diabetic patients. Pelvic veins can often be involved by thrombosis.
Shibani Mehra, Mayank Choudhary
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis of stenosis within the popliteal–femoral venous segment upon clinical presentation with a venous ulcer and subsequent successful treatment with venoplasty

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2017
This case study reports the diagnosis and treatment of a lower limb venous ulcer with abnormal underlying venous pathology. One male patient presented with bilateral varicose veins and a right lower limb ulcer.
Emma Dabbs, Alina Sheikh, David Beckett, Mark S Whiteley   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Supervised exercise training as an adjunctive therapy for venous leg ulcers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Venous leg ulcers are common, chronic wounds that are painful and reduce quality of life. Compression therapy is known to assist in the healing of venous leg ulceration.
A Jull, Anil Gumber, C Pope, CE Garber, DJ Margolis, DJ Margolis, DL Lamping, E Yim, EA Nelson, EM Murtagh, GA Borg, GA Tew, Garry A. Tew, Geoff Middleton, GJ Balady, Helen Crank, J Layden, J O’Brien, J Ritchie, JM Watson, Jonathan Michaels, JW Purvis, M Herdman, M Klonizakis, M Klonizakis, M Klonizakis, Markos Klonizakis, MB Harrison, NL Browse, PD Coleridge Smith, PD Thompson, R Rikli, RE Rikli, RL Ashby, RT Eberhardt, S O’Meara, SR Baker, V Aboyans, YM Kan   +38 more
core   +5 more sources

Venous leg ulcer management [PDF]

, 2017
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, 2016) define a leg ulcer as a loss of skin on the foot or the leg (below the knee), which has not healed within 2 weeks and is considered chronic if not healed within 4 weeks.
Nuttall, Dilyse
core   +1 more source

Diabetic foot disease and oedema [PDF]

, 2013
Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are common and disabling, giving rise to significant morbidity and mortality as well as worldwide socioeconomic problems. Despite treatment, DFUs readily become chronic wounds and may lead to major lower limb amputations.
Ho, TK, Leigh, RD, Tsui, J
core   +1 more source

Exploring the Vasculitis‐Tumors Link: Epidemiological Patterns, Mechanistic Insights, and Clinical Implications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review outlines association between vasculitis and malignancies and provides practical value for clinicians in distinguishing primary vasculitis from malignancy‐associated forms and optimizing patient surveillance, improving recognition of tumor‐associated vasculitis to reduce the risk of misdiagnosis, supporting more accurate clinical decision ...
Xiaofei Shi, Zhijiao Li, Xin Ma, Bei Zhang, Xinfeng Wu, Hua Fan, Rongzeng Liu, Hongwei Jiang, Cong‐Qiu Chu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

VenUS IV (Venous leg Ulcer Study IV) – compression hosiery compared with compression bandaging in the treatment of venous leg ulcers: a randomised controlled trial, mixed-treatment comparison and decision-analytic model

Health Technology Assessment, 2014
Background: Compression is an effective and recommended treatment for venous leg ulcers. Although the four-layer bandage (4LB) is regarded as the gold standard compression system, it is recognised that the amount of compression delivered might be ...
Rebecca L Ashby, Rhian Gabe, Shehzad Ali, Pedro Saramago, Ling-Hsiang Chuang, Una Adderley, J Martin Bland, Nicky A Cullum, Jo C Dumville, Cynthia P Iglesias, Arthur R Kang’ombe, Marta O Soares, Nikki C Stubbs, David J Torgerson   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

What promotes or prevents greater use of appropriate compression in people with venous leg ulcers? A qualitative interview study with nurses in the north of England using the Theoretical Domains Framework

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To investigate factors that promote and prevent the use of compression therapy in people with venous leg ulcers.Design Qualitative interview study with nurses using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF).Setting Three National Health Service ...
Jane Griffiths, Jo C Dumville, Jacqueline F Lavallée, Nicky Cullum, Catherine Perry, Ross A Atkinson, Paul M Wilson, Julie Mullings   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Retrospective Analysis Into the Effect of Punch Grafts in Patients With Chronic Ulcers of the Lower Leg

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Punch grafting was retrospectively evaluated in patients with chronic lower leg ulcers treated at Erasmus MC between 2018 and 2023. Median pain scores significantly decreased after 6 weeks. Opioid use declined and 30% of patients no longer required analgesics. Complete wound closure was achieved in 7% of cases.
M. van Zanten, J. E. Geskes, M. M. E. Thung, P. Velthuis, C. van Montfrans   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source