Management of leg ulcers

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 901, 2000, Pages 674-682

  Sarkar, P K ^a   Ballantyne, S ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compression bandages; Leg ulcers; Skin grafting

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CADEXOMER IODINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; KETANSERIN; NIFEDIPINE; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PETROLATUM; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; STANOZOLOL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; ECZEMA; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNITED KINGDOM; VACUUM;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BANDAGES; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIABETIC FOOT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LEG ULCER; MALE; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0033743207     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.901.674     Document Type: Review

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