Management of unusual causes of ulcers of lower extremities.
Treatment of any wound begins with the correct diagnosis. The vast majority of chronic wounds can be classified as pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, insensate ulcers, or arterial insufficiency ulcers. This article focuses on wounds of unusual origin that must be considered in evaluation. All of these...
| Published in: | Journal of Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 89 - 95 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
1995 Mar
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