Venous ulcers

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 216-226

  Reichenberg, Jason ^a   Davis, Mark ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Insufficiency; Leg; Ulcer; Venous; Wound

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFALEXIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COLLAGEN; CYMETRA; DIURETIC AGENT; EMLA; FILLER; FLAVONOID; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; NEOSPORIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PROTEIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; SILVER; SIMULIUM VITTATUM ERYTHEMA PROTEIN; SULFADIAZINE SILVER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDEMA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; INFECTION; LEG ULCER; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; VARICOSE ULCER; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 29444450594     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2005.10.002     Document Type: Review

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