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Relationship between edema and the healing rate of stasis ulcers of the leg

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Abstract

Leg volumes and ulcer size were measured in patients who underwent four consecutive different treatment regimens for stasis ulcers. Most ulcers enlarged on simple wound care. Any regimen which included external support led to healing, but there was no correlation between the healing rate and the amount of swelling in the leg. Our evidence suggests that both the ulcer and the edema are due to the same cause, probably venous stasis, and any therapy which does not improve venous drainage is probably doomed to failure.

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From the Department of Surgery, LSU School of Medicine, and the Surgical Research Laboratory, Veterans Administration Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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