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Disease mechanisms in venous ulceration
S Sarin1, T R Cheatle, P D Smith
1Department of Surgery, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London.
British Journal of Hospital Medicine
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Disease mechanisms in venous ulceration are poorly understood. Recent hypotheses have postulated two separate mechanisms to explain the extensive microcirculatory damage which leads, eventually, to ulceration. A number of treatments, based on the suggested pathogenesis, have been undertaken and this review critically examines these theories in the light of the results of these treatments.