Wound debridement and therapy in varicose ulcer. Conservative and operative treatment procedures;Wundreinigung und -behandlung des Ulcus cruris: Konservative und operative therapieverfahren

Hautarzt

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1053-1058

  Stege, H ^a   Mang, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Debridement; Enzymatic agents; Leg ulcer therapy; Maggots; Vein surgery

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CLOSTRIDIOPEPTIDASE A; ENZYME; PAPAIN; PLASMIN; STREPTODORNASE; STREPTOKINASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MAGGOT; VARICOSIS; VEIN SURGERY; WORM; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIPTERA; HUMANS; LARVA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0242606223     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00105-003-0622-2     Document Type: Article

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