Differential Diagnosis of Leg Ulcers

Lautenschläger, S; Eichmann, A

doi:10.1159/000060619

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“…4 a und 4 b) spontan auftretende Hautnekrose (Hautinfarkt Ungewöhnliche Ulzera am Unterschenkel ! Ungefähr 10 % der chronischen Unterschenkel-Ulzera werden durch seltene Ursachen hervorgerufen, und ungefähr 5 % können ätiologisch nicht sicher eingeordnet werden [29]. Wichtig ist dabei die frühzeitige Diagnose von malignen Hauttumoren.…”

Section: Venöse Ulzera Auf Dem Rückzugunclassified

Epidemiologie und Pathophysiologie von Ulcera crurum

Hafner¹,

Conzett²

2009

Akt Dermatol

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Section: Venöse Ulzera Auf Dem Rückzugunclassified

Epidemiologie und Pathophysiologie von Ulcera crurum

Hafner¹,

Conzett²

2009

Akt Dermatol

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“… 4 The prevalence is 0.18% to 2% in the European population, and in patients older than 65 years, the prevalence is reaching 5%. 5 , 6 …”

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Treatment of Nonhealing Ulcers with an Allograft/Xenograft Substitute: A Case Series

Sivlér¹,

Sivlér²,

Skog³

et al. 2018

Adv Skin Wound Care

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OBJECTIVE:Wound dressings that use biosynthetic cellulose may be a good alternative to dressings currently used to treat chronic and acute ulcers because their nanostructure is similar to collagen. The objective of this study was to evaluate a wound dressing created with a new material that is composed of a fibrillary network of biosynthetic cellulose.METHODS:A case series of 8 patients in primary healthcare centers in Östergötland county council, Sweden, with chronic and acute lower limb wounds were treated with a wound dressing based on eiratex (S2Medical AB, Linköping, Sweden). The dressing was applied to traumatic (n = 5) and venous ulcers (n = 3). All ulcers were considered healed at the end of the treatment.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE:The wounds were examined at regular intervals by a physician to determine healing time, number of dressing changes, and number of visits.MAIN RESULTS:Mean healing time was 43 ± 6 days after the first application of the dressing. The mean number of visits was 5.7 ± 0.6, and the mean number of dressings used per patient was 1.7 ± 0.2.CONCLUSIONS:These results demonstrate the efficacy of a wound dressing made of eiratex to heal chronic and acute ulcers. The data show that the number of dressings used and dressing changes needed to heal the ulcers are lower than what have been reported in the literature for other dressing materials.

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“…Chronic venous leg ulceration (VLU) occurs in up to 5% of the population over 65 years of age 1 and in 1.5% of the general population. 2 VLU represents a significant health care burden in the western hemisphere.…”

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Venous leg ulceration pathophysiology and evidence based treatment

Chi

Raffetto

2015

Vasc Med

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Venous leg ulceration (VLU) is one of the most predominate medical disorders worldwide and in the western hemisphere it affects around 1.5% of the general population and up to 5% of the elderly population. Unfortunately, this trend will only increase given the growth of an aging population worldwide. Understanding its pathophysiology that begins with venous hemodynamic abnormalities and leads to inflammatory alterations with microcirculatory changes is critical to delivering effective curative therapy. As such, the main component to treatment is reversing the underlying venous hypertension and pro-inflammatory milieu using compression treatment along with various adjuvant therapies. Given its impact, a comprehensive multi-pronged approach to care, treatment and prevention is required to reverse the increasing trend that is observed worldwide.

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Differential Diagnosis of Leg Ulcers

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Epidemiologie und Pathophysiologie von Ulcera crurum

Epidemiologie und Pathophysiologie von Ulcera crurum

Treatment of Nonhealing Ulcers with an Allograft/Xenograft Substitute: A Case Series

Venous leg ulceration pathophysiology and evidence based treatment

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