The use of therapeutic ultrasound in venous leg ulcers: A randomized, controlled clinical trial

Phlebology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 178-183

  Taradaj, Jakub ^a,f   Franek, A ^a   Brzezinska Wcislo, L ^b   Cierpka, L ^c   Dolibog, P ^a   Chmielewska, D ^d   Blaszczak, E ^a   Kusz, D ^e  

^a Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach   (Poland)

^b Katedra I Klinika Dermatologii la skiego   (Poland)

^c Katedra I Klinika Chirurgii Ogólnej Naczyniowej I Transplantacyjnej Slaskiego   (Poland)

^d Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach   (Poland)

^e Katedra I Klinika Ortopedii I Traumatologii Slaskiego   (Poland)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ultrasound; Venous leg ulcers

Indexed keywords

DIOSMIN; HESPERIDIN; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER HEALING; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POLAND; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POLAND; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VARICOSE ULCER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 52649120310     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2008.008015     Document Type: Article

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