Venous leg ulcers are a preventable and treatable condition, yet hundreds of thousands of people continue to suffer ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

After proving acellular matrices are effective in treating diabetic foot ulcers, researchers are now eyeing the treatment as a tool for healing venous leg ulcers. Typically, VLU treatment includes ...

JERUSALEM, Feb 12 (Reuters) - MediWound (MDWD.O), opens new tab, an Israeli developer of products to treat burns and wounds using non-surgical tissue repair, said on Wednesday it was starting a Phase ...

“Chronic leg ulcers are basically a wound on the leg that doesn’t heal,” says Xia, whose research focuses on developing new optical and ultrasonic imaging techniques for use in cancer, vascular, and ...

Healthpoint Biotherapeutics has tested a unique wound care treatment: spray-on skin. The product was recently tested on 228 patients with leg ulcers, with encouraging results. The spray consists of ...

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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 ...