The purpose of this study is to investigate the rate of wound healing using sharp debridement using curette and to compare between such intensive treatment at hospital and treatment in primary care. A correlation between change in wound size and pro-inflammatory cytokines will also be made.
Subjects with chronic venous leg ulcers are treated 3 times a week in the hospital for 6 weeks with weekly sharp debridement. Wound size, pro-inflammatory cytokines, smears and photo are made weekly. The treatment countinue thereafter in primary care 3 times a week in 12 weeks. Wound size, pro-inflammatory cytokines, smears and photo are made every 14 day at the hospital.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
50
After use of local anestetics a sharp currette is used to debride slough and nonviable tissue from the ulcer surface until a healthy tissue is seen.
Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Oslo, Norway
RECRUITINGTreatment of chronic leg ulcer in outpatient's department at hospital and in primary care - wound size and inflammation.
Wound size
Time frame: 01.08.10-01.08.13
Treatment of chronic leg ulcer in outpatient's department at hospital and in primary care - wound size and inflammation.
Pro-inflammatory cytokines
Time frame: 01.08.10-01.08.13
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