Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

The medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on compression products for treating venous leg ulcers. Evidence was considered from several sources to determine whether price ...

In the new updated draft guideline: ‘Leg ulcer infection: antimicrobial prescribing’ from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) a strategy for antimicrobial prescribing in ...

The medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on antimicrobial agents in topical antimicrobial dressings for locally infected leg ulcers. Evidence was taken from several sources and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Complete debridement was achieved by 63% of patients treated with EscharEx vs. 30.2% and 13.3% of comparison ...

In normal conditions, contraction of lower extremity muscles and working intraluminal valves promote the forward flow of blood within veins. In venous insufficiency, reflux and/or obstruction in the ...

More than 70% of leg ulcers are caused by venous diseases, and their prevalence increases with age. Venous leg ulcers account for most chronic lower-limb wounds observed in primary care, underscoring ...

A leg ulcer can be understood as a break in the skin, typically located on the feet or the lower part of the leg. Leg ulcers are generally diagnosed based on their appearance, though this can be ...

Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD, to Present Results at American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthpoint Biotherapeutics today announced positive ...

A thermal-imaging tool to screen for chronic wounds could enable nurses to identify these hard-to-heal sores during the first assessment at a person's home. Nearly half a million Australians live with ...

HOBOKEN, NJ – September 5, 2006 -- Untreated diabetic leg ulcers may result in amputations. According to the Center of Disease Control, one out of six diabetics will require an amputation (below the ...

A 63-year-old man presents to the dermatology clinic with a 3-month history of a nonhealing ulcer on his right lower leg. The patient notes that the ulcer has been getting bigger and is painful ...