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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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How health literacy relates to venous leg ulcer healing: A scoping review
PLoS ONE, 2023 Background The level of personal health literacy of patients with venous leg ulcers is likely to affect their ability to self-manage their condition impacting on their adherence to treatment and influences healing and recovery outcomes.
Ayoub Bouguettaya +5 more
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Lower limb ulcers in people experiencing homelessness [PDF]
Probacja, 2023 The homelessness crisis in Poland poses a serious challenge to the state, with the number of homeless individuals exceeding 30,000 in 2019. In this paper we highlight one of the most common surgical issue of people experiencing homelessness – venous leg ...
Barbara Dalkowska, Artur Furga
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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 +7 more
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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 +20 more
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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 +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 +3 more
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INFECTIONS MANAGEMENT IN VENOUS LEG ULCERS: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Objectives. Chronic wounds have a prolonged period of healing due to numerous factors, including infections. Venous ulcers represent almost 80% of the lower extremity ulcerations, having a great impact on the patient's quality of life. The objective of
Cristina-Nicoleta Cozma +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Diagnostics, 2020 Objectives: The distribution of venous pathology in stasis leg ulcers is unclear. The main reason for this uncertainty is the lack of objective diagnostic tools.
Chien-Wei Chen +5 more
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