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 ...
Lower-leg ulceration affects around 2% of UK adults, with over 1 million people living with leg wounds that can leave them in pain, immobile and socially isolated. Most leg ulcers – around 81% – are ...
Background: Leg ulcers usually occur in older patients, a growing population for which increasing health care resources are required. Treatment is mainly provided in patients' homes; however, patients ...
Venous leg ulcers are a preventable and treatable condition, yet hundreds of thousands of people continue to suffer ...
KureCare is expanding its Medicare-covered wound treatment access ahead of January 2026 CMS reimbursement changes. New ...
Increases healing probability by 68% compared to SoC alone. Delivers cost saving of £774.14 per patient Reduces overall costs of venous leg ulcer care in the NHS by 15%. Key findings from the study, ...
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve had a stasis ulcer on the calf of my leg for over a year. It drains every day and is very sore. I have been to several doctors and wound-care facilities, and they can’t seem to ...
One of many dreaded tags from a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Survey is F-Tag 314 — Pressure ulcers. CMS writes, “Each resident must receive and the facility must provide the necessary care and ...
Q: I’m in a desperate situation at age 82 and need someone to tell me what to do. For more than a year, I have been seeing a dermatologist who says that I have an ulcer on my left leg that won’t heal.
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Leg ulcer, my blood, my life: A story in parts
Read a personal story of living with a chronic sickle cell leg ulcer, a complication from Hydroxyurea, and the journey to ...
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