Introduction: Venous leg ulcers are the commonest type of chronic lower worldwide. It impacts patient’s quality life significantly. Our objective was to assess current evidence onusing human amniotic membranes (HAM) in venous ulcer management. Methods: Google Scholar, PubMed, and Cochrane library were utilized search following terms (MeSH PubMed) abstract field or title, “Amnion” OR “Placenta” ...

Robin Cooper is an Independent Specialist Nurse and also a Leg Ulcer Specialist Nurse for Salisbury Foundation NHS Trust This paper will discuss the value of measuring wounds in order to assess the effectiveness of treatment for venous leg ulcers. It will discuss the use of an electronic Leg Ulcer TeleMedicine system (LUTM) which can predict healing times of venous leg ulcers from measurements ...

Judy Davies is Senior Tissue Viability Research Coordinator, Richard Bull is Consultant Dermatologist and Ina Farrelly is Senior Podiatrist at East London Wound Healing Centre, Mile End Hospital, Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust, London and Melanie Wakelin is Statistician at the Centre for Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London When treating ...

OBJECTIVE To explore the relationship between the risk factors for the development of venous ulcers and the indicators of tissue integrity from the Nursing Outcomes Classification. METHODOLOGY A cross-sectional study conducted in 2013 in a university hospital in Natal/RN (Brazil). Fifty individuals selected by consecutive sampling participated in an interview and physical examination. RESUL...

Abstract Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a commonly used diagnostic and monitoring modality in anesthetic practice. It neurosurgery for cardiac function detecting venous air embolism. TEE semi-invasive procedure considered to be reasonably safe with few complications. During neurosurgical cases, access the head end limited can cause injury due prolonged contact. These injuries noticed...

BACKGROUND The incidence of venous ulceration is rising with the increasing age of the general population. Venous ulceration represents the most prevalent form of difficult to heal wounds and these problematic wounds require a significant amount of health care resources for treatment. Based on current knowledge multi-layer high compression system is described as the gold standard for treating v...

OBJECTIVES To compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of two different compression bandages for the healing of venous leg ulcers. DESIGN A pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with an economic evaluation. SETTING Community, district nurse-led services; community leg ulcer clinics; hospital leg ulcer clinics with community outreach. A range of urban and rural settings in England and Sc...

In spite of medical science development and initiation of new technologies in minimally invasive surgery, treatment of advanced chronic venous insufficiency at the 5(th) and 6(th) degree of CEAP classification is still a great clinical challenge. In case of no satisfactory results of non-surgical treatment of recurrent venous ulcers, scientists search for alternative therapeutic methods which c...

Ulceration of the skin of the lower limb has been recorded as an affliction of the human race since the time of Hippocrates. It is almost certainly the price we pay for having emerged from the ocean and learned to stand erect. 1 The association between ulceration at the ankle and venous disorders of the lower limb has been known for over 2000 years and compression therapy is referred to in the ...

BACKGROUND Chronic venous stasis ulcers produce substantial morbidity rates and result in a significant expense to society. Fortunately, compression stockings (CS) have been found to reduce the rate of recurrence in patients with previous ulceration. Surprisingly, Medicare and other insurers do not reimburse the expense associated with CS or with patient education (Ed), which is essential to en...