Successful use of vacuum-assisted closure therapy for leg ulcers caused by occluding vasculopathy and inflammatory vascular diseases - A case series

Dermatology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-324

  Zutt, Markus ^a   Haas, Ellen ^a   Krüger, Ullrich ^a   Distler, Meike ^a   Neumann, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leg ulcus; Vacuum assisted closure; Vasculitis; Vaso occlusion

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DAPSONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE SULFATE; ILOPROST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULITIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BANDAGES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA; LEG ULCER; MIDDLE AGED; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; VACUUM; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULITIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34247511983     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100882     Document Type: Article

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