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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Volume 33, Issue -, Pages S132-S134Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.06.015
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Chronic venous ulceration; Chronic venous insufficiency; Chronic leg ulcers
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Venous ulceration is a complex and serious problem that affects 1-2% of the global elderly population (> 65 years), and its incidence is constantly increasing. The population group with higher risk of development of venous ulceration is the elderly. These lesions have a significant negative impact on patients' quality of life. Our aim was to analyze the state of the art, starting with the medical literature review. The evidence supports that managing chronic wounds with a multidisciplinary wound care team significantly increases wound healing and reduces the severity of wound-associated pain and the required daily wound treatments compared with persons who are not managed by such a team. (C) 2016 IJS Publishing Group Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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