Shave therapy for chronic venous ulcers: a guideline for surgical management and postoperative wound care.

Plast Surg Nurs

Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, St. Josef Hospital, Gudrunstrasse 56, 44791 Bochum, Germany.

Published: May 2006

This article presents a practice-oriented concept in the treatment of chronic venous ulcers with accompanying lipodermatosclerosis by shave therapy. Besides the indication for shave therapy, we focus on the operative technique and important therapy during postoperative convalescence time.

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