Contact Dermatitis
January 2007
This study concerns a 69-year-old female patient with a longstanding history of venous ulcerations on both lower legs and multiple sensitivities, who developed eczematous lesions with the hydrocolloid dressing Combiderm (Convatec Ltd., a Bristol-Myers Squibb division, Ickenham, Middlesex, UK). Epicutaneous tests were positive to this dressing and to a modified colophonium derivative, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To evaluate the economic aspects of diabetic foot care in a multidisciplinary setting.
Method: A review of the English language literature, published from 1966 to November 2005.
Results: The results of available studies on the cost-of-illness of diabetic foot problems are difficult to compare.