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How health literacy relates to venous leg ulcer healing: A scoping review.
PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundThe 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.ObjectivesTo scope ...
Ayoub Bouguettaya +5 more
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Low-laser light therapy in venous ulcer healing: a randomized clinical trial.
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021 OBJECTIVES to compare the effect of adjuvant low-laser light therapy versus conventional treatment alone on venous ulcer healing. METHODS this is a randomized clinical trial with 40 patients randomized equally to a control group (topical and ...
Taline Bavaresco, A. Lucena
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PLoS ONE, 2022 The main objectives of the study were to explore whether laser Photobiomodulation (PBM) in addition to traditional dressing of hard-to-heal venous leg ulcer, reduced healing time of the ulcer and if the duration of the ulcer before PBM impacted the ...
Marianne Degerman +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 IntroductionChronic venous and diabetic ulcers are hard to treat that cause patients long time of suffering as well as significant healthcare and financial costs.PurposeThe conducted study was to evaluate the efficacy of bee venom (BV) phonophoresis on ...
Eman M. Othman +6 more
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Effect of combined surgical and endovascular approach to lower limb venous ulcer [PDF]
Waike lilun yu shijian, 2020 Objective To investigate the clinical effect of combined surgical and endovascular approach in treatment of lower limb venous ulcer. Methods Patients with lower limb venous ulcer in the First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University(Shenzhen Second ...
LI Tao, YANG Jing, YANG Hongwei, LIN Huan, WANG Zuhui, GUO Juanjuan, ZHU Guoxian
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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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Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2021 Background Venous leg ulceration is a widespread, debilitating pathology with high recurrence rates. Conservative treatment using graduated compression dressings may be associated with unacceptable ulcer recurrence rates.
Thomas M. Aherne +7 more
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Clinico-etiological evaluation of chronic leg ulcer in a tertiary care center of eastern India
Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2020 Background: A chronic leg ulcer (CLU) is a significant public health problem. It has various etiologies. Racial, familial, occupational, and social factors may also have an impact on the prevalence of different causes of leg ulcers.
Falguni Nag +3 more
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Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, 2012 Venous leg ulcers are the most frequent form of wounds seen in patients. This article presents an overview on some practical aspects concerning diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment. Duplex ultrasound investigations are essential to ascertain the diagnosis of the underlying venous pathology and to treat venous refluxes. Differential diagnosis
J.A. Caprini, H. Partsch, R. Simman
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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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