- Etiology
- Chronic venous disease
- Peripheral artery disease
- Neuropathic ulcer
- Decubitus
- Trauma
- Infections
- Dermatoses (SLE, pyoderma gangrenosum)
- Neoplastic
- Morphology
- Venous ulcer
- Above the ankle
- Mild pain
- Pain improves when raising leg
- Shallow ulcer
- Arterial ulcer
- Punched-out well-defined ulcer
- Pressure points of the legs (malleolus, toes)
- Severe pain
- Pain worsens when raising leg
- Treatment
- Underlying disease
- Surgical
- Irrigation
- Debridement
- Removal of dead, damaged or infected tissue
- Wet dressing
- Skin grafting
- Local therapy
- Wound healing
- Compression
- Treating adjacent skin