منابع مشابه
Venous Leg Ulceration
Venous leg ulcers are among the most common leg ulcerations. Advancing age, sex, race, phlebitis, family history, obesity, prolonged standing, and number of pregnancies are risk factors. Although the main pathogenetic mechanism is venous hypertension, leading to vein wall damage and thereby a cascade of events resulting in ulceration, there is no consensus about progression from venous hyperten...
متن کاملLeg ulceration in venous disease.
We have given a brief summary of the scale of the problem caused by venous ulceration in the UK, and have then reviewed the various theories of causation, including a historical survey, and presented the evidence for and against the two main current theories of fibrin cuffs and white cell trapping. We also outline previous hypotheses of the aetiology of venous ulceration, including arteriovenou...
متن کاملAcupuncture for chronic venous ulceration.
Acupuncture was used to treat a 69-year-old man for bilateral ankle pain related to his rheumatoid arthritis. This led to a dramatic improvement in one of his chronic venous leg ulcers. There is very little recent literature on such cases, where acupuncture may be a useful additional treatment.
متن کاملLeg ulceration part 1: aetiology and pathophysiology.
In part one of this article, the underlying causes of chronic leg ulcers, professional issues and the anatomy and physiology of the lower limb are examined.
متن کاملBack to basics: understanding venous leg ulceration
Chronic venous disease is a term used to describe both visual and functional manifestations of abnormalities in the peripheral venous system (Wittens et al, 2015). The number of people with leg ulceration in the UK is at least 730,000, which equals 1.5% of the adult population (Guest et al, 2017). The number of people diagnosed as suffering with venous leg ulceration is 278,000 (1 in 170 adults...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Vascular Medicine Review
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0954-2582
DOI: 10.1177/1358863x9300400104