venous leg ulcers

Early Specialized Nursing Assessment Decreases Healing Time and Reduces Chronicity of Lower Leg Wounds

Background: Our district nursing service faces a burgeoning aging population with increasing numbers of complex venous leg ulcer (VLU) referrals. Our response to this growing wound p...

07/15/2019

Variations in Study Outcomes Relative to Intention-to-Treat and Per-Protocol Data Analysis Techniques in the Evaluation of Efficacy for Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers with Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allograft

Background: Statistical interpretation of data collected in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is conducted on the intention-to-treat (ITT) and/or the per-protocol (PP) study popula...

06/10/2019

Biobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying Symptoms and Healing Outcomes in Older Individuals with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers

Background: Venous leg ulcers account for 70–90% of ulcers found in the lower leg, affect 2 million persons annually, including nearly 4% of people over age 65 years, and create a hi...

06/10/2019

The Use of Fuzzy Wale Elastic Compression Stockinet* for Initial Stages of Refractory Venous Leg Ulcers

Background: Patients who present with refractory venous ulcers require compression to treat the underlying pathology. Many patients cannot tolerate a multilayer compression system (M...

06/10/2019

Hypochlorous Acid Solution as a Transmission Medium for Non-Contact Ultrasound in Colonized Wounds of the Lower Extremity

Background: Both High-Frequency Ultrasound (HFUS) and Low-Frequency Non-Contact Ultrasound (LFNUS) have been explored as treatments for venous leg ulcers (VLU) and share similar effi...

05/17/2019