Treatment of venous ulcers
| Autor: | Camile Luiza Hexsel, Tami de Araujo, Robert S. Kirsner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
integumentary system Response to therapy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Gold standard Response to treatment Pentoxifylline Surgery Wound assessment Initial visit medicine Skin grafting Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Wound healing business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine. 7:131-138 |
| ISSN: | 1534-3189 1092-8464 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11936-005-0014-2 |
| Popis: | Underlying the pathogenesis of venous ulceration is venous hypertension. Therefore, the use of multilayered compression therapy is the gold standard in the treatment of a venous ulcer. As treatment progresses, an important determinant of response is wound assessment, which should be performed on initial visit and subsequently thereafter. Among the methods to assess improvement are digital photography and planimetry, which are objective methods to measure response to treatment and rate of wound healing. Lack of improvement over a 2- to 4-week period is predictive of eventual lack of response to therapy and suggests the need for adjunctive methods to achieve success, such as oral pentoxifylline, tissue-engineered skin, or skin grafting. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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