Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, JA
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Filipe, R, Esteves, M, Andriessen, A
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1633
Resumo: In the treatment of this 56-year-old male, the aim was to attend to his multiple pathologies, reducing his venous-lymphatic oedema on both legs, closing the extended ulcers and improving his quality of life. The patient received treatment in a community-based wound healing clinic. After various local therapies were not successful, the wounds were cleansed with saline and covered with a biocellulose dressing (BWD) and polyhexanide (PHMB), after which a short-stretch bandage system was applied. Compression was then switched to a tubular compression system. At day 0, both lower legs had significant oedema and circumferential venous-lymphatic ulcers, and the left leg showed signs of inflammation. However, at day 8, inflammation, oedema and ulcer area had reduced. After 2 months, the ulcers were almost closed and the oedema had reduced to a level where the tubular compression system could be applied. Treatment using BWD and compression and good adherence to this regimen led to ulcer closure. This improved the patients' quality of life significantly.
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spelling Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special caseLeg ulcerVaricose ulcerMorbid obesityÚlcera da pernaIn the treatment of this 56-year-old male, the aim was to attend to his multiple pathologies, reducing his venous-lymphatic oedema on both legs, closing the extended ulcers and improving his quality of life. The patient received treatment in a community-based wound healing clinic. After various local therapies were not successful, the wounds were cleansed with saline and covered with a biocellulose dressing (BWD) and polyhexanide (PHMB), after which a short-stretch bandage system was applied. Compression was then switched to a tubular compression system. At day 0, both lower legs had significant oedema and circumferential venous-lymphatic ulcers, and the left leg showed signs of inflammation. However, at day 8, inflammation, oedema and ulcer area had reduced. After 2 months, the ulcers were almost closed and the oedema had reduced to a level where the tubular compression system could be applied. Treatment using BWD and compression and good adherence to this regimen led to ulcer closure. This improved the patients' quality of life significantly.MA HealthcareRepositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando FonsecaSilva, JAFilipe, REsteves, MAndriessen, A2016-05-05T14:52:59Z2012-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1633engBr J Nurs. 2012 Aug 9-Sep 12;21(15):S20, S22-4.0966-0461info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2022-09-20T15:52:22Zoai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/1633Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T15:52:42.412884Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
title Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
spellingShingle Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
Silva, JA
Leg ulcer
Varicose ulcer
Morbid obesity
Úlcera da perna
title_short Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
title_full Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
title_fullStr Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
title_full_unstemmed Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
title_sort Hard-to-heal venous-lymphatic leg ulcers: a special case
author Silva, JA
author_facet Silva, JA
Filipe, R
Esteves, M
Andriessen, A
author_role author
author2 Filipe, R
Esteves, M
Andriessen, A
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório do Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, JA
Filipe, R
Esteves, M
Andriessen, A
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Leg ulcer
Varicose ulcer
Morbid obesity
Úlcera da perna
topic Leg ulcer
Varicose ulcer
Morbid obesity
Úlcera da perna
description In the treatment of this 56-year-old male, the aim was to attend to his multiple pathologies, reducing his venous-lymphatic oedema on both legs, closing the extended ulcers and improving his quality of life. The patient received treatment in a community-based wound healing clinic. After various local therapies were not successful, the wounds were cleansed with saline and covered with a biocellulose dressing (BWD) and polyhexanide (PHMB), after which a short-stretch bandage system was applied. Compression was then switched to a tubular compression system. At day 0, both lower legs had significant oedema and circumferential venous-lymphatic ulcers, and the left leg showed signs of inflammation. However, at day 8, inflammation, oedema and ulcer area had reduced. After 2 months, the ulcers were almost closed and the oedema had reduced to a level where the tubular compression system could be applied. Treatment using BWD and compression and good adherence to this regimen led to ulcer closure. This improved the patients' quality of life significantly.
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