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Successful combined medical and surgical treatment of a lower extremity sclerodermal ulcer
J A Grossman1, D T Barrall, A Dennison
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Brown University Affiliated Hospitals, Providence, RI.
Annals of Plastic Surgery
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
Combined medical and surgical treatment of a chronic lower extremity ulcer in a patient with systemic scleroderma is described. Recent pharmacological advances including calcium channel blockers, meticulous surgical care, and skin grafting offer promise for more consistent wound closure in sclerodermal skin ulcerations.