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Venous ulcers are painful, recurrent, and difficult to heal. Electronic medical records (EMRs) are often not optimized to track wounds. Specialized wound care programs may not interface with office-based records, creating a need to standardize the process of venous ulcer measurement OBJECTIVE
This study examined persons with a history of heroin injection who sought wound care for lower extremity venous ulcers and explored factors that affected their wound healing.
METHODS
Descriptive, retrospective data were obtained by review of the medical records of an outpatient, urban
Thirty three consecutive patients with chronic osteomyelitis and deficient soft tissue coverage treated with a muscle flap from 1991-1998 were reviewed retrospectively. Osteomyelitis was diagnosed by positive bone cultures and radiographic changes consistent with osteomyelitis. Osteomyelitis was
Thymosin beta4 (43 aa) is a highly conserved acidic peptide which regulates actin polymerization in mammalian cells by sequestering globular actin. Thymosin beta4 is undergoing clinical trials as a drug for the treatment of venous stasis ulcers, corneal wounds and injuries, as well as acute
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the relation between vitamin D insufficiency and wound healing in patients with venous ulcers; to correlate vitamin D insufficiency with characteristics of the ulcer (size and pain) and to evaluate if reposition of vitamin D in these subjects expedites ulcer healing.
METHODS
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