Understanding venous leg ulcers [PDF]
British Journal of Community Nursing, 2018 Venous leg ulcers are open lesions between the knee and the ankle joint, which occur in the presence of venous insufficiency. There are theories to explain the causes of venous insufficiency, which ultimately leads to venous hypertension and can result in leg ulceration.
Chamanga, Edwin Tapiwa
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Community Nurses' Judgement and Decision Making for the Management of Venous Leg Ulceration [PDF]
, 2013 Management of leg ulceration is an important part of community nurses’ workload but previous evidence suggests the quality of diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulceration may be below that which should be expected.
Adderley, Una
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Leg ulceration: An exploration of the role of socio-economic factors in the epidemiology, access to health care and outcomes. [PDF]
, 2010 Background Tackling health inequalities has been a priority policy area for the NHS since the 1990’s. To date there has been scant research addressing this area in relation to leg ulcers, despite there being some evidence of inequalities in leg ulcer ...
Petherick, Emily
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Pressure mapping of medical compression bandages used for venous leg ulcer treatment [PDF]
, 2010 Chronic leg ulcers affect 1% of the adult population in the developed countries. The majority of leg ulcers are due to venous disease. The impact of venous ulcers on the quality of life is significant, and it costs the NHS £300 − 600m annually.
Al Khaburi, Jawad Ameen Jawad
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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 +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Supervised exercise training as an adjunctive therapy for venous leg ulcers: study protocol for a randomised controlled feasibility 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.
Gumber, Anil +18 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 +3 more
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Cost-Effective Use of Silver Dressings for the Treatment of Hard-to-Heal Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers [PDF]
, 2014 Aim To estimate the cost-effectiveness of silver dressings using a health economic model based on time-to-wound-healing in hard-to-heal chronic venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Background Chronic venous ulceration affects 1–3% of the adult population and
Jemec Gregor B. E. +18 more
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The use of biatain Ag in hard-to-heal venous leg ulcers: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Venous leg ulcers are common, troublesome, and their failure to heal is often related to a heavy bio-burden. Ionized silver has both anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.
David Leaper +6 more
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