A validated scoring tool, EASE-CD, showed strong accuracy and reliability in quantifying ulcer activity in Crohn’s disease.

Severity stage classification of diabetic foot ulcers is a vital way to improve the decision support on treatment planning and diagnostic performance. Nevertheless, the precise manual identification ...

One-time surgical application of genetically engineered autologous keratinocyte sheets provides significant closure and pain ...

The ulcer grew. In fact, it seemed as though his leg was caving in as the flesh around it began rotting away. A month before ...

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2007;22(3):345-348. Simple closure of perforation by an omental patch is the usual procedure performed for perforated duodenal ulcer. However, it has an unacceptably high ...

Initially, lesions are indurated plaques that are erythematous to purple. These become necrotic with an erythematous halo that can develop into an eschar. 3, 14 Other presentations include targetoid ...

Low-certainty evidence suggests there is little or no difference in the proportion of healed ulcers with phlebotonics, compared with placebo. Moderate-certainty evidence from 37 studies (involving ...

Objectives This study used national audit data to describe current management and outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for complications of peptic ulcer disease (PUD), including perforation and ...

In neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), preterm infants lie down immobile for long hours in a particular position, which makes them susceptible to develop pressure ulcers (PUs). These are developed ...

A team of engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, working with a colleague from K Medical LLC, has developed ...

Aim: To assess whether povidone-iodine provided any benefit over and above a standard regimen of antibiotic therapy for the treatment of corneal ulcers. Methods: All patients diagnosed with corneal ...

Cutaneous venous ulcers (VUs) secondary to chronic venous insufficiency are characteristically recurrent and slow to heal and can cause edema, pain, discomfort, restricted mobility and impaired ...