The influence of polymorbidity, revascularization, and wound therapy on the healing of arterial ulceration

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 683-689

  Tautenhahn, Joerg ^a   Lobmann, Ralf ^a   Koenig, Brigitte ^a   Halloul, Zuhir ^a   Lippert, Hans ^a   Buerger, Thomas ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial leg ulcer; Revascularization; Risk factors; Wound management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LEG AMPUTATION; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; ULCER; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEG ULCER; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT READMISSION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SMOKING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 47849102366     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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