Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy for Management of Chronic Ulcers in the Lower Extremities

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1261-1271

  Saggini, R ^a   Figus, A ^b   Troccola, A ^b   Cocco, V ^a   Saggini, A ^a   Scuderi, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic ulcers; Chronic wounds; Difficult wounds; Extracorporeal shock waves therapy; Lower extremities ulcers; Shock waves

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; CHRONIC ULCERS; CHRONIC WOUNDS; DIABETIC ULCERS; EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY (ESWT); GROWTH FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; BANDAGES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRESSURE ULCER; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 47549114103     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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