Pro-healing factors associated with VLUs were a smaller ulcer size and a shorter ulcer duration. Dyslipidemia was also associated with improved healing, potentially owing to the use of statins. Patients presenting with poorer-prognosis VLUs should receive more aggressive treatment with earlier referral to vascular surgery.

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With careful planning from all parties, a multilateral partnership conference including both university and medical center faculty can be a productive forum for exchange on global health education and research. Sustaining such partnerships is vital to the success of global health scholarship.