ArticleDer Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete2013
[Healing times and the need for hospitalization for leg ulcers of different etiologies].
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- The Impact of a Multidisciplinary Patient Education Program on Venous Leg Ulcer Healing: A Randomised Controlled Trial.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyTrial
- A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL PREDICTS CHRONIC WOUND HEALING TIME USING PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND WOUND MICROBIOME COMPOSITION.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Risk factors for recanalization of truncal veins following endoluminal ablation.Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders · 2024Article
- Development of a model to predict closure of chronic wounds in Germany: Claims data analysis.International wound journal · 2022Article
- [Standard of patient-centred care before admission to a university wound centre].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2021Article
- Peripheral arterial disease screening and diagnostic practice: A scoping review.International wound journal · 2020Article
- Peripheral arterial disease: Scoping review of patient-centred outcomes.International wound journal · 2019Article
- [German national consensus on wound documentation of leg ulcer : Part 1: Routine care - standard dataset and minimum dataset].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2017Review
- Epidemiology and use of compression treatment in venous leg ulcers: nationwide claims data analysis in Germany.International wound journal · 2017Article
- Aetiology, comorbidities and cofactors of chronic leg ulcers: retrospective evaluation of 1 000 patients from 10 specialised dermatological wound care centers in Germany.International wound journal · 2016Article
- A structural equation model predicts chronic wound healing time using patient characteristics and wound microbiome composition.Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair SocietyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLeg ulcers are a symptom of a heterogeneous group of diseases. Their treatment causes substantial costs due to the long healing times and extensive wound care measures. There is a paucity of information about healing times and the necessity of hospital treatment for leg ulcers of different etiologies. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this retrospective study, healing times and the frequency of in-hospital treatment of 355 patients with leg ulcers attending a wound care clinic of a university hospital were examined.
resultsThe proportion of healed ulcers was 32.0% after 3 months and 54.3% after 6 months with an average treatment duration of 6.1 months for all ulcers. This proportion of healed ulcers was higher for venous ulcers with 45.5% after 3 months and 63.0% after 6 months, whereas only 30.0% of mixed arterial-venous ulcers and 35.0% of hypertensive ischemic leg ulcers (HYTILU) were healed after 6 months. Of the latter group, 71% of patients were hospitalized at least once during the observation period as compared to 47% of patients with a venous ulcer. The duration of the hospital stay was longer for mixed ulcers and HYTILU with an average of 30 days vs. 23 days for venous ulcers.
conclusionsThese data indicate that the healing times of ulcers of different etiologies differ substantially and that especially ulcers with arteriosclerosis as a causative factor have longer healing times. The fact that they require in-hospital treatment more frequently and for longer periods has significant socio-economic consequences.
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