Epidemiology, etiology, and treatment of chronic leg ulcer: Experience with sixty patients

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Rahman, G A ^a   Adigun, I A ^a   Fadeyi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chronic; Epidemiology; Leg ulcer; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LEG ULCER; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; LEG; LEG ULCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICOSIS; WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952079296     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.62615     Document Type: Article

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