Interventions for treating leg ulcers in people with sickle cell disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The frequency of skin ulceration makes an important contributor to the morbidity burden in people with sickle cell disease. Many treatment options are available to the healthcare professional, although it is uncertain which treatments have been assessed for effectiveness in people with sickle cell disease. This is an update of a previously published Cochrane Review.

Objectives

To assess the clinical effectiveness and harms of interventions for treating leg ulcers in people with sickle cell disease.

Search methods

We searched the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group's Haemoglobinopathies Trials Register. We searched LILACS (1982 to January 2020), ISI Web of Knowledge (1985 to January 2020), and the Clinical Trials Search Portal of the World H

SUBMITTER: Marti-Carvajal AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8407242 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature