From compression to injections: Prostaglandins paving a new direction for venous leg ulcer treatment

Objective: Venous ulcers play a major burden on the patient and health-care system in terms of morbidity and medical expenditure. The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) administered via intravenous infusion in the healing time of venous leg ulcer and to ev...

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Published in:	Indian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Main Authors:	Rajendra Prasad Basavanthappa, Ashwini Naveen Gangadharan, Sanjay C Desai, A R Chandrashekar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Subjects:	Healing time prostaglandin E1 prostaglandins ulcer area venous leg ulcer
Online Access:	http://www.indjvascsurg.org/article.asp?issn=0972-0820;year=2019;volume=6;issue=3;spage=176;epage=181;aulast=Basavanthappa

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