Community nursing teams in the Midlands have upped their game in terms of leg ulcer care provision. This initiative won the Innovation in Chronic Wound Management category in the 2018 Nursing Times ...

When healthcare professionals provide clear, tailored exercise and education to adults with venous leg ulcers, the patients are more likely to engage in regular exercise — which can improve outcomes.

Of this, £1.94bn is spent on managing leg ulcers. Non-healing is both common and costly: 41% of patients have leg ulcers that fail to heal within a year, at a cost of £1,719-£5,976 per patient, ...

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 ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is the second in a series about wounds and wound care centers. Q: What are venous leg ulcers? Venous leg ulcers are one of the more common conditions treated at wound care ...

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 ...

The medical technologies advisory committee considered evidence on compression products for treating venous leg ulcers. Evidence was considered from several sources to determine whether price ...

Venous leg ulcers constitute a significant clinical and socioeconomic challenge globally. Typically arising from chronic venous insufficiency, these ulcers not only impose a heavy burden on health ...

MediWound has commenced a pivotal, multicentre Phase III VALUE trial to assess its bioactive debridement therapy, EscharEx, for treating venous leg ulcers (VLUs). The primary aim of the trial is to ...