A NEW MEANS OF ASSESSING HEALING IN CHRONIC VENOUS ULCERATION
- 1 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Anz Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 56 (2) , 99-102
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1986.tb01862.x
Abstract
A new method of assessing venous ulceration has been developed using a camera, slide projector, viewing box and planimeter. This method is accurate and reproducible. Thirteen patients with chronic venous ulcers were studied. The method enabled a healing curve to be constructed for each ulcer. The healing rate for the group was determined by construction of a linear regression line of best fit through the averaged data points. This method allows accurate comparisons to be made between treatment regimes.Keywords
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