Journal article
Aetiology of chronic leg ulcers
Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine the relative prevalence of the factors causing chronic ulceration of the leg in the general population. Two hundred and fifty-nine patients with chronic ulceration of the leg were found on screening a Western Australian population of 238,000. (The prevalence of chronic ulceration of the leg was 1.1 per 1000 population.) Two hundred and forty-two of these patients (93%) with 286 chronically ulcerated limbs …
Authors
Baker SR; Stacey MC; Singh G; Hoskin SE; Thompson PJ
Journal
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 245–251
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
5 1992
DOI
10.1016/s0950-821x(05)80313-5
ISSN
1078-5884