Stasis Ulcers
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Healing of elderly patients with diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, and pressure ulcers.
Although elderly patients have physiologic impairments in wound healing, their wounds should be expected to heal with the same frequency of closure as those in younger populations, albeit at a slower rate. However, compared to the general population, the elderly population has a higher incidence of chronic wounds: diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, and venous stasis ulcers. Experimental and...
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INTRODUCTION Approximately 15% (more than 2 million individuals, based on these estimates) of all people with diabetes will develop a lower-extremity ulcer during the course of the disease. Ultimately, between 14% and 20% of patients with lower-extremity diabetic ulcers will require amputation of the affected limb. Analysis of the 1995 Medicare claims revealed that lower-extremity ulcer care ac...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1955
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-195505000-00002