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Diabetic foot disease and oedema [PDF]

open access: yes, 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

Targeted Medical Therapies for Vascular Anomalies: A Clinical Review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vascular anomalies represent a broad spectrum of disorders characterized by aberrant blood or lymphatic vessel development, which can lead to complex clinical phenotypes. Historically, vascular anomalies were classified solely on the basis of their clinical and histopathologic features.
Whitney Eng
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

open access: yesHealth 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   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Creating innovation in lymphoedema nursing through collaboration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Against a background of fiscal and regulatory pressure to rationalize and justify health-care interventions, there is an underlying political message that greater cooperation and collaboration would improve health-care for all.
Davies, R., Jones, J.
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJEADV 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical insights into the medicinal and food uses of Lamiaceae in the Mediterranean region: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
For generations, Mediterranean communities have used Lamiaceae or Labiatae plants like rosemary, thyme or mint to care for their health and to enrich their food. By bringing together dispersed knowledge from across the Mediterranean region, our review revealed the continuing relevance of Lamiaceae while also compiling past uses that may hold future ...
Fuencisla Cáceres   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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   +38 more
core   +5 more sources

Interleukin‐8 Overexpressing Collagen Microgel‐Based Cellular Microtissue Accelerates the Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
Collagen microgels (CMGs) incubated with cells self‐assemble into CMG‐based cellular microtissues (CCMs), enhancing cell adhesion and upregulating IL‐8 expression. A combinatorial strategy that integrates the CMG platform with IL‐8 overexpression promotes cell proliferation, migration, angiogenesis, and survival, thereby accelerating diabetic wound ...
Haeun Chung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Biomedical Engineering Therapies for Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Toward Antibacterial Functionalization and Pathology‐Responsive Regulation

open access: yesSmall Science, EarlyView.
Infected diabetic foot ulcer endangers patients with high amputation, disability, mortality risks, and heavy medical burdens. This review analyzes its pathogenic factors, the limitations of current treatments, the breakthroughs of responsive antimicrobial biomaterials, and the challenge of multifunctional biomaterial innovations for further developing ...
Yaqi Yao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Core Outcome Set to Guide Future Research on Caesarean Scar Ectopic Pregnancy: COSCAR Consensus Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To develop a core outcome set (COS) for research on caesarean scar ectopic pregnancy (CSEP) treatment. Design Consensus development study. Setting International. Population Healthcare professionals, researchers, patient advocates, or individuals with lived experience of CSEP.
Simrit Nijjar   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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