Summary
A statistically unidentified number of patients suffer for years from chronic wounds on their lower legs. Many of these patients have lived through an odyssey of hospital admissions and treatment in wound management centres and other healthcare facilities. After having the condition for a long time, these patients are seen less as requiring treatment but more in need of symptomatic control and a degree of „normality“ in their everyday lives. However, this often means dealing with chronic pain and heavy exudates. And by then, many patients can barely tolerate wound cleansing and proper causal treatment, i.e. complex compression therapy, or reject it altogether. It is often thought that all the treatment options have been exhausted. This case study illustrates how patients can be helped by treatment that has a sustained effect.
Keywords
Venous leg ulcers - wound management
