Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2011 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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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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Creating innovation in lymphoedema nursing through collaboration [PDF]
, 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.
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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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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2020 Background: Chronic venous leg ulcers are difficult to treat and recurrences are common. Among various modalities of treatment, platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) has shown promising results in ulcer healing by providing necessary growth factors.
G Yuvasri, Reena Rai
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