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Venous ulcer: Current concepts [PDF]
16. Kumins NH, Weinzweig N, Schuler JJ. Free tissue transfer provides durable treatment for large non healing venous ulcers. J Vasc Surg 2000;32:848-54. 17. Steffe TJ, Caffee HH. Long-term results following free tissue transfer for venous stasis ulcers. Ann Plast Surg 1998;41:131-7. 18. Reddy MM, Reddy MD. Role of free tissue transfer in the management
James Roy Kanjoor
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The venous ulcer continues to be a clinical challenge: an update. [PDF]
Venous ulcers are a common chronic problem in many countries especially in Northern Europe and USA. The overall prevalence of this condition is 1% rising to 3% in the over 65 years of age.
Xie T, Ye J, Rerkasem K, Mani R.
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Leg ulcers one common problem in the adult population to geriatric with a prevalence about 1-2%. The pattern of life which tends to be sedentary, less activity, obesity, increased the incidence of leg ulcers. The duration of healing and recurrence occurs
Irene Dorthy Santoso+2 more
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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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Effectiveness of the strategies of an orientation programme for the lifestyle and wound-healing process in patients with venous ulcer: A randomised controlled trial. [PDF]
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of strategies of a lifestyle orientation programme on patients with venous ulcer in elastic compression therapy. This was a single‐blind, 2‐arm, randomised clinical controlled trial.
Domingues EAR, Kaizer UAO, Lima MHM.
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Paul Bevis, Jonothan Earnshaw Department of Vascular Surgery, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester, UKDate of preparation: 3 February 2011Conflict of interest: None declared.Clinical question: What is the best treatment for ...
Paul Bevis, Jonothan Earnshaw
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Nonhealing venous ulcer in a patient with dystrophic soft tissue calcification [PDF]
Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) are lesions of the skin found in regions of venous hypertension. VLUs that fail to heal can become chronic, especially because of calcified deposits in the bed of the ulcer. The unclear mechanism behind the cause of calcification
Abdullah Nasif, MD+5 more
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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
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