Sökning: "venous leg ulcers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden venous leg ulcers.

  1. 1. Assessment of venous insufficiency in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers.Venous hemodynamics before and after surgery

    Författare :Marie Magnusson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Colour Doppler Ultrasound; leg ulcer; varicose vein surgery; recurrent leg ulcers;

    Sammanfattning : Venous insufficiency in the legs is a common disease, which may be complicated by chronic leg ulcers in 1% among the population. Venous ulcer duration is often long compared to other aetiologies and for the patient it involves long periods of pain, discomfort and reduced quality of life. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Molecular and morphological studies on non-healing venous leg ulcers

    Författare :Katarina Lundqvist; Lund Dermatologi och venereologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicin människa och djur ; Medicine human and vertebrates ; alpha1-microglobulin; heparin binding protein; venous leg ulcers; inflammation; alpha-defensin;

    Sammanfattning : Chronic skin ulcers are a major health problem and an increasing burden on health care providers. These ulcers have various underlying causes, such as venous or arterial insufficiency, diabetes, or vasculitis. Non-healing venous leg ulcers represent a condition characterized by excessive inflammation and presence of bacteria. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Development of squamous cell carcinoma in venous ulcers

    Författare :Baldur Baldursson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :cancer epidemiology; human papillomavirus; p53; p21; bc1-2; Ki-67; wound healing; chronic ulcers; skin carcinogenesis; growth factors;

    Sammanfattning : Apart from numerous case reports, studies on the epidemiology and the outcome of malignant transformation in venous leg ulcers are scarce. Even the aetiology is unsettled, and the genetic effects of the chronic ulcer state only partly studied. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Elderly patients with slow-healing leg ulcers : an embodied suffering

    Författare :Britt Ebbeskog; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Communion; dressing change; elderly care; embodiment; intervention; lived experiences; phenomenological-hermeneutic; prevalence; nursing care; slow-healing wound; suffering and venous leg ulcer.;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate leg and foot ulcer patients, from the perspective of a population in a specific urban area, and to illuminate these individual patients' lived experience of living with slow-healing venous leg ulcers. Study (I) was a survey of chronic leg and foot ulcers and study (II) was a follow-up study of the wound healing rate and an intervention study. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Leg ulcer management in primary care with special reference to pinch grafting

    Författare :Rut Öien; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; rheumatology locomotion; Skelett; muskelsystem; reumatologi; General practice; medical training; Allmän medicinsk utövning; medicinsk utbildning; muscle system; Skeleton; diameter product; grid tracing; digital planimetry; ulcer size; pain relief; vasculitis; rheumatoid arthritis; cost analysis; healing rate; pinch grafting; aetiology; prevalence; Leg ulcer; primary care;

    Sammanfattning : Wound management in primary and community care was investigated throughout a period of 12 years within a well-defined population in one county in Southern Sweden. The estimated prevalence of chronic leg and foot ulcers was 0.19% in 1998 and the mean prevalence was 0.20% during the years 1994-1998. LÄS MER