A Case of Intractable Leg Ulcer Successfully Treated with Topical Hemotherapy.

Uchimiya, Hiroshi; Terasaki, Kenjiro; Sekiyama, Mitsuhiro; Kanekura, Takuro; Kanzaki, Tamotsu

doi:10.2336/nishinihonhifu.60.127

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“…THT is a cost‐effective and relatively painless procedure. Moreover, some papers have reported that the pain due to chronic ulcers were significantly reduced by THT 5 …”

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“…Moreover, some papers have reported that the pain due to chronic ulcers were significantly reduced by THT. 5 Topical hemotherapy has been effectively applied to chronic leg ulcers caused by various disorders such as diabetes mellitus, connective tissue disease and vascular disease. But there has been no paper reporting successful THT for an ulcer on the extremities of a patient with SSc, because usual THT could be applied only to flat lesions, but not to round surfaces such as fingers or toes.…”

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Successful topical hemotherapy with a new occlusive dressing for an intractable ulcer on the toe

Iwayama-Hibino

Sugiura

Muro

et al. 2009

The Journal of Dermatology

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Topical hemotherapy is a method of applying heparinized venous blood directly onto the surface of an ulcer, which is covered with an occlusive hydrocolloidal dressing. It is often effective on chronic ulcers with thick necrosis, because some proteinases and growth factors in plasma are probably involved in the digestion of necrotic tissues and the acceleration of granulation and epithelization. We treated a patient with an intractable ulcer on the toe caused by a peripheral circulatory disturbance due to her systemic sclerosis. As conventional topical hemotherapy cannot be applied to ulcers on the round tip of a toe, we made a device for occlusive dressing of topical hemotherapy which could successfully improve the previously refractory ulcer.

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“…THT is a cost‐effective and relatively painless procedure. Moreover, some papers have reported that the pain due to chronic ulcers were significantly reduced by THT 5 …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Case Reportmentioning

confidence: 99%