VistaCare® in the Treatment of Wounds of the Lower Extremity

Inclusion Criteria: * male or female consenting and able patients aged 18 or more affiliated to social security * presenting with acute or chronic traumatic or surgical lower limb wounds (excluding tumoral excision) * presenting with no intercurrent pathology which in the opinion of the investigator may interfere with the capacity for wound healing * patients whose wound is compatible in terms of location with VistaCare treatment * patient whose wound has a minimal surface of 10 cm2 * patient whose wound does not need surgical Peterson after inclusion (if needed should be performed prior to inclusion) Exclusion Criteria: * Female patients pregnant, lactating, or of childbearing age and not using adequate contraception (pregnancy test mandatory) * patients incapable of making an informed decision about participation * patients presenting a condition that interferes with adequate wound healing capacity (uncontrolled diabetes, heavy smokers, auto-immune disease) * concurrent treatment or treatment within one month prior to inclusion with local or systemic corticosteroids, immunosuppresseurs, chemotherapy or radiotherapy * wound location incompatible with VistaCare * general infection signs at the time of inclusion (fever, lymphangitis, pus ...) * patients presenting with important uncontrolled hemorrhage at the time of inclusion * patients previously recruited into this trial or any other trial within 1 month, or currently in the exclusion timeframe of another trial * patients with a wound surface less than 10 cm2 * patient with a would previously treated with hyperbaric chamber * legally incapacitated, under guardianship or psychiatric patients * emergency condition prohibiting adequate patient consent prior to inclusion