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Leg ulceration in the sickle cell patient
M Cackovic1, C Chung, L L Bolton
1St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Background:
The purpose of this study was to determine cost of care for leg ulcers in sickle cell patients and suggest an improved modality in ulcer care.
Study Design:
We performed a retrospective study of a group of sickle cell disease patients with leg ulcers.
Results:
Eighteen patients with a leg ulcer (duration: mean, 53.7 months), sickle cell disease, and a mean of 20.7 years of age had various modalities of treatment with the only consistency in healing being a commercial moist-wound dressing.
Conclusions:
There is no consistency in the treatment of the sickle cell patient with a leg ulcer. Treatment with a moist dressing had the best results.
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