Stasis dermatitis and ulcers: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
18 Dec 2009 ... Darkening of skin at the ankles or legs; Itching; Leg pains; Open sores, ulcers; Skin appears thin, tissue-like; Skin irritation of the legs ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000834.htm...
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Management of venous leg ulcers
Leg ulcers are a big problem for both patients and health service resources.- Most ulcers are associated with venous disease, but other causes or ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC420292/...
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Venous ulcer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venous ulcers develop mostly along the medial distal leg, ... Compression therapy is used for venous leg ulcers and can decrease blood vessel diameter and ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venous_ulcer...
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Compression therapy for venous leg ulcers.
Risk factors for leg ulcer recurrence: a randomized trial of two types of compression stocking. Age Ageing. 1995 Nov;24(6):490–494. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1055498/...
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Assessing leg ulcer prevalence studies: conceptual, methodological ...
To inform a reorganization of services related to chronic wounds, a leg ulcer prevalence study was conducted in one large, mixed urban-rural, ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/102193752.html...
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Leg-ulcer care in the community, before and after implementation ...
Leg ulcers usually occur in older patients, a growing population for which increasing health care resources are required. Treatment is mainly provided in ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC557980/...
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BioMed Central | Full text | Patient acceptability of larval ...
Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a randomised survey to inform the sample size calculation of a randomised trial ...
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2288/6/43...
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leg ulcer[majr:noexp] AND english[la] AND humans[mh] NOT (letter ...
Pain-relieving properties of topically applied morphine on arterial leg ulcers: a pilot study. J Wound Care. 2009 Jul;18(7):306-11. PubMed PMID: 19827484. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=leg+ulcer%5Bmajr:noe...
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Reorganizing Community Leg Ulcer Care: A Pre-Post Implementation ...
POPULATION STUDIED: Individuals newly referred to homecare for management of their leg ulcer in one large homecare authority (mixed urban-rural setting of ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/103623640.html...
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Patient acceptability of larval therapy for leg ulcer treatment: a ...
A trial was commissioned to evaluate the effectiveness of larval therapy to debride and heal sloughy and necrotic venous leg ulcers. Larval therapy in the ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569430/...
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