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What are your preferred treatment options for patients with chronic non-healing leg ulcers?

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Dermatology · Forefront Dermatology
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In addition to all the typical things (decreasing edema with meds, compression, etc + treating superinfection, critical colonization, or debriding eschars), there is some evidence for pentoxifylline 400 mg TID or 800 BID in ulcerations of any etiology. There is also newer evidence for using topical ...

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Dermatology · Tufts University Medical School
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While the approach will differ depending on the underlying wound etiology, some basic principles are applicable across wound types. Compression can help heal all lower extremity wounds, with the exception of moderate to severe peripheral arterial disease. Compression is not just for venous leg ulcer...

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