Venous leg ulcers heal faster and return less frequently in patients who have early surgery when compared with their peers who wear compression stockings and delay surgery, a new clinical trial has ...

A UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how surgery in addition to compression treatment could substantially reduce the risk of recurrent leg ulcers. Venous leg ulceration affects 1-2 ...

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 ...

Dr. Ayodele Ogunkeyede, a plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon with Hafar Al-batin Central Hospital, Hafar Albatin, Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia, has developed novel compression therapy for ...

Venous leg ulcers are common and distressing, affecting around 1 in 300 adults in the UK. They are open, often painful, sores on the leg that take months to heal and can develop after a minor injury.

Is it necessary to provide compression therapy to heal a venous stasis ulcer? When treating any wound, you must alleviate or minimize the causative factor for the wound to heal. Venous stasis ulcers ...

Sweeney is a contributor for TIME. Sweeney is a contributor for TIME. You might associate compression socks with your grandparents or a hospital setting. But the stockings have become a trendy travel ...

I frequently use Unna boots or DuoDerm or Vigilon dressings to treat chronic leg/foot ulcers. While these treatments eventually work most of the time, is there a more efficient approach? —CORBIN ...

Chronic vein problems are very common and often unrecognized as a threat to health. When the valves in your veins stop working, blood pools in the lower leg area and pressure builds up in the vein.

Venous ulcers are the most common type of leg ulcers, but that doesn't make them any less troubling. Most often found just above the ankle, these non-healing skin wounds can take on many shapes and ...

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 ...