Diagnosing and Managing Venous Stasis Disease and Leg Ulcers.

S Chaudhry, K Lee - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 2023 - europepmc.org
Venous insufficiency is a common medical condition that affects many individuals, especially
those with advanced age. Chronic venous insufficiency can lead to secondary cutaneous …

Healing rates of venous leg ulcers managed with compression therapy: a secondary analysis of data

EM Rajhathy, HD Murray, VA Roberge… - Journal of Wound …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore average time to heal for patients with
venous leg ulcers (VLUs) receiving standard of care that included compression and …

Contact dermatitis in patients with chronic leg ulcers: a common and neglected problem: a review 2000–2015

AM D'Erme, M Iannone, V Dini… - Journal of Wound …, 2016 - magonlinelibrary.com
Objective: Contact allergies can occur frequently in patients with chronic leg ulcers (CLUs),
even in those with a short duration of ulcerative disease. The wide spectrum of therapeutic …

Comparative analysis of endovenous laser ablation versus ultrasound‐guided foam sclerotherapy for the treatment of venous leg ulcers

B Weber, E Marquart, J Deinsberger… - Dermatologic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endovenous thermal and non‐thermal therapeutic approaches have become standard of
care for the treatment of venous insufficiency. However, comparative studies on its use in the …

Baseline factors affecting closure of venous leg ulcers

WA Marston, WJ Ennis, JC Lantis II, RS Kirsner… - Journal of Vascular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of this study was to characterize factors associated with closure of
venous leg ulcers (VLUs) in a pooled analysis of subjects from three randomized clinical …

EPA+ DHA supplementation reduces PMN activation in microenvironment of chronic venous leg ulcers: a randomized, double‐blind, controlled study

JC McDaniel, L Szalacha, M Sales… - Wound Repair and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Sustained high levels of activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and PMN‐derived
proteases in the microenvironment of chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLUs) are linked to …

Examining risk factors and preventive treatments for first venous leg ulceration: A cohort study

E Darwin, G Liu, RS Kirsner, H Lev-Tov - Journal of the American Academy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Large studies that examine risk factors for first occurrence of venous leg
ulcerations are needed to guide management. Objective To investigate factors associated …

[HTML][HTML] Expressiveness of an International Semantic Standard for Wound Care: Mapping a Standardized Item Set for Leg Ulcers to the Systematized Nomenclature of …

J Hüsers, M Przysucha, M Esdar, SM John… - JMIR Medical …, 2021 - medinform.jmir.org
Background Chronic health conditions are on the rise and are putting high economic
pressure on health systems, as they require well-coordinated prevention and treatment …

New insights on the effects of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on impaired skin healing in diabetes and chronic venous leg ulcers

S Serini, G Calviello - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Long-chain Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega-3 PUFAs) are widely recognized
as powerful negative regulators of acute inflammation. However, the precise role exerted by …

Evaluation of timolol maleate gel for management of hard-to-heal chronic venous leg ulcers. Phase II randomised-controlled study

T Baltazard, P Senet, D Momar, C Picard… - … de Dermatologie et de …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) often take a very long time to heal. Timolol
maleate has been reported as displaying efficacy in healing of VLUs. Objectives To evaluate …