Therapeutic ultrasound for venous leg ulcers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Cullum, Nicky ^a,b   Liu, Zhenmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; LOW FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ULCER HEALING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; UNCERTAINTY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; VARICOSE ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 85019207823     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001180.pub4     Document Type: Review

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