Use of weekly, low dose, high frequency ultrasound for hard to heal venous leg ulcers: the VenUS III randomised controlled trial

Judith M Watson; Arthur R Kang'ombe; Marta O Soares; Ling-Hsiang Chuang; Gill Worthy; J Martin Bland; Cynthia Iglesias; Nicky Cullum; David Torgerson; E Andrea Nelson; VenUS III Team

doi:10.1136/bmj.d1092

Use of weekly, low dose, high frequency ultrasound for hard to heal venous leg ulcers: the VenUS III randomised controlled trial

Judith M Watson, Arthur R Kang'ombe, Marta O Soares, Ling-Hsiang Chuang, Gill Worthy, J Martin Bland, Cynthia Iglesias, Nicky Cullum, David Torgerson, E Andrea Nelson, VenUS III Team

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Abstract

To assess the clinical effectiveness of weekly delivery of low dose, high frequency therapeutic ultrasound in conjunction with standard care for hard to heal venous leg ulcers.

Original language	English
Article number	d1092
Pages (from-to)	1-9
Journal	BMJ
Volume	342
Issue number	7797
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d1092
Publication status	Published - 12 Mar 2011

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Great Britain
High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation
Humans
Ireland
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Recurrence
Treatment Outcome
Varicose Ulcer
Wound Healing
Young Adult

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