...Stefanie Reich-Schupke; Irina Schmeil; Alexander Kreuter; Falk Bechara; Klaus Hoffmann; Peter Altmeyer; Markus Stücker Background: The surgical treatment for therapy-resistant venous leg ulcers is shave therapy with mesh graft transplantation. Objective: To demonstrate the need of complete shaving...

.... Objectives: To develop indicators for quality of care in chronic wounds in general, and to evaluate the quality of care in leg ulcers in Hamburg, Germany, in particular. Methods: Twenty indicators were derived from a national Delphi expert consensus to compute a single index of quality of care. This index...

.... Ultrasound-assisted wound treatment Tolerability Chronic wounds Clinical trial Leg ulcer Surgical debridement The purpose of debridement of chronic wounds is to clean the wounds and promote granulation, and is indicated in the majority of chronic wounds. Moreover, it is a prerequisite...

...Natalie Ortega-Zilic; Thomas Hunziker; Severin Läuchli; Dieter O. Mayer; Clarissa Huber; Katrin Baumann Conzett; Kirstin Sippel; Luca Borradori; Lars E. French; Jürg Hafner Background: Approximately 20% of leg ulcers remain unresponsive to the best conservative standard of care. So far...

... gangrenosum are fairly characteristic and well-recognized causes of skin ulcers in RA. However, most RA patients develop leg ulcers due to other pathophysiological factors posing a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge and leading to considerable morbidity. Methods: A retrospective chart analysis of all...

...B. Triquet; P. Ruffieux; C. Mainetti; D. Salomon; J.-H. Saurat Several growth factors, present in the plasma or delivered by blood cells, are involved in wound healing. We have treated 15 chronic atonic leg ulcers by topical application of autologous heparinized blood under a hydrocolloidal...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Factor V gene mutation Activated protein C resistance Leg ulcer...

...C. Piérard-Franchimont; P. Paquet; J.E. Arrese; G.E. Piérard Morbidity associated with venous leg ulcers is important in the elderly. The biological processes involved during attempts at healing are much more complex than in most models of experimental wounds. In addition, there is still...

... applications on chronic leg ulcers. Method: The present study was performed in three parallel groups of 17 patients suffering from at least 2 similar chronic leg ulcers. Clinical planimetric assessments were performed before and after 3 and 6 weeks of treatment using hydrocolloid dressings. In addition, 1...

...U. Bader; M. Banyai; R. Böni; G. Burg; J. Hafner Leg ulcers are a relatively frequent problem in patients with myeloproliferative disorders under treatment with hydroxyurea (HU). The pathogenesis is currently unknown and may be multifactorial. Concomitant arterial or venous disease may play...

... to in the content or advertisements. Quality of life Skin disorders Handicap Psychology Psoriasis Eczema Leg ulcer QoL indices are also crucial to assess correctly the treatments in dermatology. In diseases which affect daily life, satisfaction of patients expressed in a QoL questionnaire...

...V. Slonkova; M. Kino-oka; S. Mazza; C. Nievergelt; J.E. Prenosil; G. Burg; J. Hanfer 18 2 1999 Management of leg ulcers must encompass both treatment of the underlying disease and local wound care [ 17 ]. CEA does not replace the management of the aetiology of a chronic wound. However...