Journal article
MEASUREMENT OF THE HEALING OF VENOUS ULCERS
Abstract
The surface area of 99 leg ulcers was measured from a scaled photograph using a computerized ultrasonic digitizer. This was compared with the area obtained by multiplying the two maximal perpendicular diameters of each ulcer. There was an extremely good correlation between these two methods (r = 0.951). Seventy-four patients were followed up as part of a placebo-controlled double-blind study. In this study, treatment was assessed by the time …
Authors
Stacey MC; Burnand KG; Layer GT; Pattison M; Browse NL
Journal
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Vol. 61, No. 11, pp. 844–848
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 1991
DOI
10.1111/j.1445-2197.1991.tb00169.x
ISSN
0004-8682