Topical agents or dressings for pain in venous leg ulcers
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Topical agents or dressings for pain in venous leg ulcers.
BACKGROUND Venous leg ulcers affect up to 1 per cent of people at some time in their life. These ulcers are often painful and some clinicians choose dressings to reduce the pain both during and between dressing changes. OBJECTIVES To assess the effectiveness of dressings, local anaesthetics/analgesics for pain relief in venous leg ulceration. SEARCH STRATEGY Cochrane Wounds Group Register a...
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OBJECTIVE To review the evidence of effectiveness of dressings applied to venous leg ulcers. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES Hand searches of journals and searches of electronic databases, conference proceedings, and bibliographies up to April 2006; contacts with dressing manufacturers for unpublished studies. STUDIES REVIEWED All randomised controlled trials that...
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BACKGROUND Pressure ulcers, which are localised injury to the skin, or underlying tissue or both, occur when people are unable to reposition themselves to relieve pressure on bony prominences. Pressure ulcers are often difficult to heal, painful and impact negatively on the individual's quality of life. The cost implications of pressure ulcer treatment are considerable, compounding the challeng...
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Venous ulcers are usually large, shallow, painless and situated around the medial or lateral malleoli. They are associated with other signs of venous hypertension such as varicose veins, varicose eczema, haemosiderin pigmentation, atrophie blanche and venous flare. Oedema of the lower leg may be present and chronic venous stasis can lead to warty hyperplasia of the skin or thickening of the sub...
متن کاملVenous Leg Ulcers
Venous ulcers are usually large, shallow, painless and situated around the medial or lateral malleoli. They are associated with other signs of venous hypertension such as varicose veins, varicose eczema, haemosiderin pigmentation, atrophie blanche and venous flare. Oedema of the lower leg may be present and chronic venous stasis can lead to warty hyperplasia of the skin or thickening of the sub...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd001177.pub3