Local Treatment of Chronic Wounds. In Patients With Peripheral Vascular Disease, Chronic Venous Insufficiency, and Diabetes

Abstract

SUMMARYBackground: A chronic wound is defined as an area where the skin is not intact that fails to heal within eight weeks. Such wounds usually develop on the lower limbs as a complication of diabetes, venous insufficiency, or inadequate arterial perfusion. Most of the roughly 45 000 limb amputations performed in Germany each year are necessitated by non-healing chronic wounds.

Three-dimensional fabrics as medical textiles

“…Chronic wounds are wounds that have failed to heal in the anticipated time frame and in an orderly manner (Degreef, 1998;Vanwijck, 2001). Venous leg, pressure, or diabetic foot ulcers are types of ulcers that often develop into chronic conditions (Atiyeh et al, 2002;Ruttermann et al, 2013). The third category is differentiated as open and closed wounds.…”

Die Behandlung chronischer Wunden im Kopf-Hals-Bereich nach Radiatio mit medizinischem Honig

“…Eine abgeheilte Wunde ist durch eine vollständige Re-Epithelisierung der Wundfl äche defi niert [ 7 ] . Von einer chronischen Wunde spricht man defi nitionsgemäß, wenn ein Integritätsverlust der Haut mit fehlender Abheilung vorliegt und dieser länger als 8 Wochen persistiert [ 8 ] . [ 17 ] .…”

Chronic wounds – Recommendations for diagnostics and therapy

“…The treatment of chronic wounds is challenging not only in the often recalcitrant cases but also when it comes to costs over years of therapy without healing. Chronic wounds are generally defined by duration of more than eight weeks (1). Patients suffering from chronic wounds represent a population of higher age and multimorbidity.…”