Factors associated with poor healing and recurrence of venous ulceration

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Labropoulos, Nicos ^a   Wang, Eric D ^a   Lanier, Steven T ^a   Khan, Sami U ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VARICOSIS; VEIN; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE ULCER; VEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84655163396     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182362a53     Document Type: Article

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