Health-care services could save millions by routinely using inexpensive dressings to treat venous leg ulcers, after a study showed that they are just as effective as expensive silver dressings in the ...
When compared with normal care, treating a leg ulcer with dressings impregnated with honey did not significantly improve the rate of healing, but did lead to a significantly increased number of ...
A new study has revealed that treating venous leg ulcers with honey dressings does not improve the rate of healing. During the study, the researchers at the University of Auckland also found that ...
A study published in the October issue of BJS has shown that inexpensive dressings are just as effective as expensive silver dressings in the majority of cases. A study published in the October issue ...
Venous leg ulcers are a preventable and treatable condition, yet hundreds of thousands of people continue to suffer ...
In a webchat on leg ulcer management issues, hosted by Nursing Times, participants raised three key areas of care: the role of healthcare assistants in compression bandaging; reporting and ...
The NHS could save millions of pounds a year after new research indicated that low-cost dressings for leg ulcers work just as well as more popular and expensive alternatives. Subscribe today for ...
Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in ...
So what is the standard treatment for leg ulcers in the UK? Unfortunately it has still not moved on from the dressing and compression treatment so popular 100 years ago. By Mark S. Whiteley Consultant ...
The committee concluded that the EXPLORER study provided convincing evidence that UrgoStart dressings improve complete wound healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcers. It noted the external ...
The UK National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by routinely using inexpensive dressings to treat venous leg ulcers, after a study published in the October issue of BJS showed that ...
The UK National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by routinely using inexpensive dressings to treat venous leg ulcers, after a study published in the October issue of BJS showed that ...