Noninvasive measures of venous ulcer recurrence prevention: integrative review
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Preventing venous leg ulcer recurrence: a review
Introduction Managing venous leg ulcers presents challenges to the individuals who live with them and the healthcare providers participating in their care. Adding to the burden of every venous leg ulcer is the risk that it will recur after it has healed, an outcome which represents personal, social, financial and psychological costs to the individual and further economic burden to healthcare pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: ESTIMA, Brazilian Journal of Enterostomal Therapy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2595-7007
DOI: 10.30886/estima.v17.713_in