Leg ulcers : diagnosis and management,3rd ed

1. Historical background 1 David Negus 2. Epidemiology – the extent of the problem 7 Philip D. Coleridge Smith 3. The blood vessels of the lower limb: applied anatomy 15 David Negus, Philip D. Coleridge Smith 4. Venous return from the lower limb: muscle pumps, normal and disordered function 25 David Negus 5. Venous thrombosis: etiology, pathology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment 35 M. Matthias, S. J. Machin 6. The pathology of leg ulcers and venous disorders 45 David Negus, Philip D. Coleridge Smith, S. S. Rose 7. Microcirculation and venous ulcers 57 Luigi Pascarella, Geert W. Schmid Schönbein 8. The differential diagnosis of leg ulcers 63 David Negus, Philip D. Coleridge Smith 9. Diagnosis: history and examination 75 David Negus 10A. Anatomical diagnosis: duplex ultrasound 85 Philip D. Coleridge Smith 10B. Anatomical diagnosis: venography of the lower extremity 91 Huw Walters 11. Functional diagnosis: plethysmography and venous pressure measurement 101 Philip D. Coleridge Smith 12. Compression therapy in venous leg ulcers 109 Hugo Partsch13. Primary ulcer healing: dressings and compression 117 Christine J. Moffatt, Peter J. Franks 14. Skin grafting of venous ulcers 127 Philip D. Coleridge Smith 15. Surgical treatment of superficial venous incompetence: surgery of the saphenous veins 131 Philipp A. Stalder, David C. Berridge 16. Surgical treatment of superficial venous incompetence: recent advances 141 John J. Bergan 17. Surgery of perforating veins 147 Manju Kalra, Peter Gloviczki 18. Sclerotherapy in the treatment of varicose veins 163 Philip D. Coleridge Smith 19. Echosclerotherapy for the management of saphenous reflux 173 Kenneth Myers, Amy Clough, Jayne Chambers, Michele Rodeh 20. The place of deep vein reconstruction: indications, techniques, results 183 Robert L. Kistner, Fedor Lurie, Bo Eklof 21. Treatment of venous obstruction 193 Peter Neglén 22. The treatment of ischemic ulceration 203 Peter R. Taylor, David Negus 23. Venous surgery in ulcer management: a review 213 David Negus, Christine J. Moffatt, Peter J. Franks 24. Recurrent ulceration: prevention, diagnosis and treatment 219 David Negus, Philip D. Coleridge Smith 25. Compression hosiery: compression measurements and fitting 227 Robert Gardiner, David Negus 26. Pharmacological treatment in venous leg ulcers 233 Philip D. Coleridge Smith 27. Topical agents to promote wound healing 241 Philip D. Coleridge Smith