Evaluation and Management of Lower-Extremity Ulcers
- 19 October 2017
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 377 (16), 1559-1567
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmra1615243
Abstract
Even with the best available care, at least 25% of leg ulcers and foot ulcers are not fully healed after 6 months of treatment. This review summarizes the pathophysiological features and explains current management of venous, arterial, neuropathic diabetic, and pressure ulcers.Keywords
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