2018
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2018.23.sup9.s6
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Understanding venous leg ulcers

Abstract: Venous leg ulcers are open lesions between the knee and the ankle joint, which occur in the presence of venous insufficiency. There are theories to explain the causes of venous insufficiency, which ultimately leads to venous hypertension and can result in leg ulceration. Although many patients present with evidence of venous hypertension, others do not, except for the manifestation of the ulcer. There are risk factors associated with venous insufficiency and a holistic approach must be taken in order to influe… Show more

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“…1 Clinical manifestations may include leg pain, oedema, ankle flare, haemosiderosis, atrophie blanche, venous eczema and lipodermatosclerosis. 2,3 Venous leg ulcers are open lesions or wounds that occur on the lower leg between the knee and ankle joint and tend to occur on lateral and medial aspects of the leg in the presence of venous insufficiency. 2…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…1 Clinical manifestations may include leg pain, oedema, ankle flare, haemosiderosis, atrophie blanche, venous eczema and lipodermatosclerosis. 2,3 Venous leg ulcers are open lesions or wounds that occur on the lower leg between the knee and ankle joint and tend to occur on lateral and medial aspects of the leg in the presence of venous insufficiency. 2…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2,3 Venous leg ulcers are open lesions or wounds that occur on the lower leg between the knee and ankle joint and tend to occur on lateral and medial aspects of the leg in the presence of venous insufficiency. 2…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…La base fisiopatológica que predispone al desarrollo de una úlcera es la elevación de la presión venosa residual y ambulatoria, lo cual conduce a un proceso inflamatorio crónico que provoca anomalías tisulares, como depósitos de fibrina en la dermis, extravasación de líquido y separación de los espacios intercelulares, migración de leucocitos y liberación de citocinas, que perpetúan el proceso y dan lugar a la aparición de úlceras como expresión máxima de la enfermedad [8][9][10] .…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Venöz ayak ülser, açık bir lezyon olarak 4 hafta süresince iyileşmeyen, diz ile ayak bileği arasında gelişen ülserdir (1)(2)(3)(4)(5). Venöz ülser, alt ektremite ülserlerin etiyolojisinde en yaygın görülen ülserdir (6,7).…”
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“…İnflamatuar yanıtın artışı sonucu mikrovasküler değişiklikler ve cilt doku oksijenasyonunda azalma, lökositlerin aktifleşmesi, endotel hasar, plaketlerin birleşmesi, hiperpigmantasyon, lipodermatosklerozis, atrofi, varikoz egzama, cilt kırılganlığı ve yaranın oluşumu gerçekleşir (9,10). Venöz ayak ülserin risk faktörleri arasında venöz yetersizlik, yüzeysel veya derin venlerde yetersizlik, venöz duvarında güçsüzlük (kollajen bozuklukları), arteriovenöz anastomoz, venlerde obstrüksiyon örneğin tümör, ven tromboz, hiperkolesterolemi, hiperlipidemi, burger hastalığı, yaşlılık, obezite, sigararomatoid artrit, travma, alt ekstremite cerrahi girişimi, osteomiyelit, yara enfeksiyonları, kan viskozite artışı, fiziksel veya kimyasal zedelenmeler, yanıklar, gazlı gangren, vaskülit, nöropati bozuklukları, diyabet mellitus, parapleji, parezi, multiple sklerozis, hematolojik bozukluklar örneğin orak hücreli anemi ve pıhtılaşma bozuklukları yer almaktadır (2,10,11). Ayak venöz ülserlerin %45-60'ının nedeni venöz hipertansiyon sonucu venöz yetersizliktir (2).…”
Section: Introductionunclassified