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Photodynamic therapy for chronic venous ulcers

Pietro Cappugi
Claudio Comacchi
Daniele Torchia

Abstract

Some laboratory findings and a few case reports support the treatment of chronic venous ulcers with photodynamic therapy. We treated 19 patients with refractory chronic venous ulcers using photodynamic therapy. The ulcers healed in 15 cases (78.9%) after an average of 6.8 photodynamic therapy sessions (range 6.0-8.0). In the remaining 4 cases, the ulcers showed marked improvement after 10 photodynamic therapy sessions. Photodynamic therapy seems to represent a good alternative therapeutic choice for refractory chronic venous ulcers.

Keywords

chronic venous ulcer; photodynamic therapy; treatment

Hrčak ID:

125597

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/125597

Publication date:

28.7.2014.

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