Does the pattern of venous insufficiency influence healing of venous leg ulcers after skin transplantation?

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 562-567

  Kjaer, M L ^a   Jorgensen, B ^a   Karlsmark, T ^a   Holstein, P ^a   Simonsen, L ^a   Gottrup, F ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colour duplex scanning; Diabetes mellitus; Meshed split skin transplantation; Prognostic factor; Superficial venous surgery; Ulcer excision; Venous leg ulcer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULCER HEALING; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VEIN SURGERY;

EID: 0038171529     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1924     Document Type: Article

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