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A search was conducted to retrieve any literature which specifically focused on the role of social support in patients with chronic wounds and/or venous leg ulceration. Electronic databases MEDLINE...
Thematic map of interview themes1.
Mr B is a 63-year-old male. He is married, has a busy social life, and works full-time in a professional occupation. He has had recurrent venous leg ulcers for the last 10 years. This wound is in a...
This was a prospective, descriptive, analytical, clinical study conducted from December 2011 to October 2012. The study was approved by the research ethics committee of the Sapucaí Valley University...
A search was conducted on the PubMed and CINAHL databases from 2009–2019, using MeSH key terms of ‘venous leg ulcers’, ‘compression therapy’, ‘delayed healing’, ‘non-healing’ and ‘wound healing’. The...
A comprehensive literature review of medical textbooks and journals was undertaken. Chapters and articles discussing the pathophysiology of CVI and its sequelae were included. A PubMed search of...
The two-layer bandage with pressure indicators (UrgoKTwo Compression Bandage with PresSure System, Urgo Medical, France) (2LB+I) comprises two dynamic layers: the short-stretch layer combines viscose...
DHACM FPFU was associated with lower overall costs in the first year, despite higher treatment costs. This cost saving was due to lower amputation rates and lower healthcare resource utilisation (for...
This prospective, randomised, double-blind pilot study, conducted at a single outpatient wound care centre located in Western Pennsylvania, US, evaluated the efficacy of a topical antiseptic (Anasept)...
The individual in this manuscript provided the primary author with written informed consent for images obtained and for publication of these case details. As this was a single case report on the use...
This prospective multi-centre RCT demonstrated that FBADM plus SOC led to a significantly greater number of patients with DFUs achieving complete wound closure in 12 weeks compared with SOC alone. The...
We sought to analyse products that have been identified in the literature as advanced matrices in the treatment of VLUs. These products were determined to be: advanced matrix (AM) (Talymed, Marine...