Venous Ulcer

Venous Ulcer: Review Article

Venous ulceration is the most severe and debilitating outcome of chronic venous insufficiency in the lower limbs and accounts for 80 percent of lower extremity ulcerations. The morbidity caused by them has a serious impact on the quality of life. Sustained venous hypertension, caused by venous insufficiency leads to venous ulceration. The diagnosis is mainly clinical but needs to be differentia...

The venous ulcer.

Venous ulcer review

CLINICAL QUESTION What is the best treatment for venous ulcers? RESULTS Compression aids ulcer healing. Pentoxifylline can aid ulcer healing. Artificial skin grafts are more effective than other skin grafts in helping ulcer healing. Correction of underlying venous incompetence reduces ulcer recurrence. IMPLEMENTATION POTENTIAL PITFALLS TO AVOID ARE: Failure to exclude underlying arterial di...

Venous ulcer: Current concepts

16. Kumins NH, Weinzweig N, Schuler JJ. Free tissue transfer provides durable treatment for large non healing venous ulcers. J Vasc Surg 2000;32:848-54. 17. Steffe TJ, Caffee HH. Long-term results following free tissue transfer for venous stasis ulcers. Ann Plast Surg 1998;41:131-7. 18. Reddy MM, Reddy MD. Role of free tissue transfer in the management of chronic venous ulcer. Indian J Plast Su...

Management of venous ulcer disease.

A venous leg ulcer represents the severe end of the spectrum of chronic venous disease. Venous ulcers are the most common form of leg ulcer. Observational studies have reported the prevalence of venous leg ulcers to be 1-1.5%. 2 A cross sectional study of a random sample of 1566 people aged 18-64 years from an urban Scottish population estimated the prevalence of venous leg ulcers to be around ...