The global management of leg ulceration: Pre early venous reflux ablation trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various guidelines exist worldwide for the diagnosis and management of venous leg ulcers; however, these are difficult to implement resulting in disparate treatment of patients globally.

Method

An online, 26-question survey was designed to evaluate the current global management of venous leg ulceration and was emailed globally to approximately 15,000 participants (November 2017-February 2018).

Results

Overall, 799 responses were received from 86 countries, with a 5% response rate. The respondent physicians saw a median of 10 (interquartile range 5-20) patients per month, with a median time to referral from primary to secondary care of six weeks. Of the respondents, 61% arranged an ankle brachial pressure index on first visit and 84% performed a venous duple

SUBMITTER: Heatley F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7491250 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature