The need for an Intersociety Consensus Guideline for venous ulcer

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 83S-90S

  O'Donnell Jr , Thomas F ^a,b   Balk, Ethan M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG ULCER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER HEALING; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 82455212291     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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