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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Leg--Ulcers"”.
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Measuring Area and Volume of Leg Ulcers by Structured Light
Ulcers of the human skin are difficult to cure and a massive burden to patients. Their treatment costs in the UK are in excess of £100 million annually (1989). Both suffering and costs can be reduced significantly by establishing if an ulcer is responding to treatment. Any measurement device must …
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Molecular and morphological studies on non-healing venous leg ulcers.
Chronic skin ulcers are a major health problem and an increasing burden on health care providers. These ulcers have various underlying causes, such as venous or arterial insufficiency, diabetes, or vasculitis. Non-healing venous leg ulcers represent a condition characterized by excessive …
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The Impact of Tele-advice on the Community Nurses' Management of Leg Ulcers
… tele-advice on community nurses' care of leg ulcers. Firstly, a stratified randomised controlled study was designed to measure the impact of using this technology on their levels of wound knowledge and confidence. An individual self-test questionnaire and an attitudinal scale measured …
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When a leg ulcer becomes chronic : a phenomenological study of the older adult’s experience of living with a chronic venous leg ulcer
… disorder is the development of a venous leg ulcer. Chronic venous leg ulcers can have a negative impact on the general well-being of the older adult and costs to the health care system associated with the treatment of chronic venous leg ulcers are substantial. A review of the literature …
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Leg ulceration: An exploration of the role of socio-economic factors in the epidemiology, access to health care and outcomes.
… research addressing this area in relation to leg ulcers, despite there being some evidence of inequalities in leg ulcer prevalence. The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the epidemiology, management and outcomes of leg ulcers in relation and socio-economic …
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The relative and combined efficacy of the homoeopathic similimum (taken orally) and the topical application of a lotion (prepared from the homoeopathic mother tinctures of Hypericum perforatum and Calendula officinalis) in the treatment of venous leg ulcers
Mini-dissertation submitted in compliance with the requirements of the Master's Degree in Technology: Homoeopathy, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2006.
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Ambulatory Sub-Bandage Pressure Assessment: Background and implementation
Venous leg ulcers are recognised as a major health care problem that has significant cost implications for health services as a well as quality of life issues for sufferers. This thesis presents work undertaken towards the assessment and monitoring of ambulatory sub-bandage interface pressures, on …
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Adaptive Spline Method for the Assessment of Cell Motility and its Application to Lesions
… and analysis of macroscopic images of leg ulcers.<br/><br/>A piecewise cubic spline interpolation was used to describe cells by their boundary. The spline model was extended into the time domain with a deterministic relocation technique to facilitate tracking of cells, thus forming a …
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Improving the precision of leg ulcer area measurement with active contour models.
A leg ulcer is a chronic wound of the skin that, at best, takes many months to fully heal and causes great distress to the patient. Treating leg ulcers places a large financial burden upon the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, estimated to be in excess of £300M …
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Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor in venous ulcers
… remains the only treatment option for venous ulcers with<br/><100% success. A better understanding of the mechanisms regulating venous<br/>ulcer healing might give rise to better treatments.<br/>Urokinsae plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR), a GPI anchored 3‐domain<br/>protein exists either …