Health-care services could save millions by routinely using inexpensive dressings to treat venous leg ulcers, after a study showed that they are just as effective as expensive silver dressings in the ...

I frequently use Unna boots or DuoDerm or Vigilon dressings to treat chronic leg/foot ulcers. While these treatments eventually work most of the time, is there a more efficient approach? —CORBIN ...

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Patients With Venous Stasis Ulcers Undergoing Compression Bandaging Reducing reimbursement for compression bandages will have a major impact on wound care. Wounds, October 01, 2007 Role Nurse Leaders ...

An expert panel has issued new guidelines for the use of silver collagen oxidized regenerated cellulose dressings in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy. Seven experts in wound care, ...

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 ...

A new study of open leg fractures suggests there is no difference to patient recovery whether high-tech negative pressure wound therapy devices are used, compared to standard dressings. The randomised ...

M.P., a 27-year-old man of Italian descent, born in the United States, was first seen on October 21, 1954, at the New York Skin and Cancer Unit with the complaint of persistent ulcerations of the legs ...

The UK National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by routinely using inexpensive dressings to treat venous leg ulcers, after a study published in the October issue of BJS showed that ...