Clinical features and refractory healing causes of chronic skin ulcers in 172 cases
TAN Yang
LI Feng
CHENG Qiong-hui
WU Jin-jin
LEI Xia
Abstract：Objective To further identify the clinical features, common causes and refractory healing of chronic skin ulcer, and to provide evidence for effective preventing and treating strategy for this disease.Methods Retrospective analysis of clinical information from 172 cases of chronic skin ulcers in our hospital from Jan.2011 to Dec.2013 was carried out.Among the 172 cases,118 were males and 54 were females;the mean age was (54.1 ±18.3 ) years ( 14-92 ) years. The average clinical course was 765.3 d and the average ulcerous areas was 26.2cm.Results Totally 130 ulcers cases were in the lower limbs and 86 ulcers cases were caused by trauma. Bacterial cultures indicated that 58 cases were gram positive while 72 cases were gram negative.Main factors influ-encing ulcer healing were nutritional conditions,bacterial infections,inappropriate treatments,insufficient blood sup-ply and accompanied diseases.Conclusion Chronic skin ulcers are easily occurred in males and in elderly pa-tients;lower limbs are the main pathogenic sites;pseudomonas aeruginosa is the main pathogenic bacteria;patients with varicose vein of lower limb and diabetes have high risk of suffering chronic skin ulcers.
Keywords：skin ulcerinfectionbacteria
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 288-290 )