Mölnlycke Health Care
Global site

indication/claims may vary by market

  • Blog
  • Social Responsibility
  • Press & Media
  • Career
  • Go to Patient site
  • Global (English)
  • Australia/New Zealand
  • Austria
  • Benelux (Dutch)
  • Benelux (French)
  • Canada (English)
  • Canada (Français)
  • China
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hungary
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland (French)
  • Switzerland (German)
  • UK
  • United States

  • Home
  • Our solutions
  • Products & services
  • Knowledge base
  • News
  • About us
  • Knowledge base
  • Venous leg ulcers

Posts in

Quality of life issues for venous leg ulcer patients

Although there is a significant cost and financial burden to the health care provider,...

What is a Venous Leg Ulcer

What is a Venous Leg Ulcer

A venous leg ulcer is a chronic non-healing wound with broken skin and exposed tissue. If you have a...

Pain and Infection

Pain and Infection

Pain is a common occurrence in patients with chronic wounds1 and has been described as one of...

Causes of a venous leg ulcer

Damaged valves that may be the result of trauma (this stops them preventing backflow, resulting in the pooling...

Prevention – Compression

Compression stockings Venous leg ulceration is almost always preceded by the skin changes of lipodermatosclerosis....

Assessment of a venous leg ulcer

Assessment of a venous leg ulcer

Download the enclosed PDF Assessment of a venous leg ulcer ...

Treatment of a venous Leg Ulcer

Download enclosed PDF Treatment of a venous Leg Ulcer ...

Leg Ulcer Management chart

Download the Leg Ulcer Management chart ...

Prevention of a venous leg ulcer recurring

Recurrence can be reduced by taking a detailed history to assess if there is an increased risk...

Knowledge Categories

Infection prevention (4)

  • A fresh look at preoperative body washing
  • How to prepare for surgery (patient)
  • More...

Staff & patient safety (2)

  • Surgical gown selection guide
  • Surgical gown material guide

O.R. efficiency (7)

  • Procedure specific trays tailored to your needs
  • O.R efficiency case study: Kantonsspital Baden, Switzerland
  • More...

Wound care (1)

  • A multinational survey of the assessment of pain

Surgical product how-tos (8)

  • How to use BARRIER® EasyWarm®
  • Hybrid cardiovascular draping instructions
  • More...

Burn care (10)

  • Burn care: a historical perspective
  • Burns - Clinical review
  • More...

Radiotherapy (3)

  • Mepilex Lite - Clinically proven to work
  • Radiotherapy - How to use Mepilex Lite
  • More...

Venous leg ulcers (9)

  • Assessment of a venous leg ulcer
  • Causes of a venous leg ulcer
  • More...

Post operative blistering (2)

  • Preventing post operative blistering
  • What are the demands on a surgical dressing?

Diabetic foot ulcer (8)

  • Annual Visual Inspection and Identification of the Foot at Risk
  • Correct foot wear
  • More...

Pressure ulcer prevention (6)

  • Expensive wounds
  • Prevention strategies
  • More...

Wound care dressing how-tos (20)

  • How to use Lyofoam Max
  • How to use Mepiform
  • More...

Product catalogue (1)

  • Surgical assortment

NPWT (2)

  • Avance assortment
  • Avance NPWT system training

Patient warming (2)

  • Clinical study assessing the safety and efficacy of BARRIER® EasyWarm®
  • About patient hypothermia

Subscribe

  • Through RSS
  • E-mail

New & updated

  • Surgical assortment(1 day ago)
  • Avance assortment(20 days ago)
  • A multinational survey of the assessment of pain(26 days ago)
  • Prevention strategies(26 days ago)
  • O.R efficiency case study: Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark(1 month ago)

Categories

  • Infection prevention
  • Staff & patient safety
  • O.R. efficiency
  • Wound care
  • Surgical product how-tos
  • Burn care
  • Radiotherapy
  • Venous leg ulcers
  • Post operative blistering
  • Diabetic foot ulcer
  • Pressure ulcer prevention
  • Wound care dressing how-tos
  • Product catalogue
  • NPWT
  • Patient warming
  • Knowledge base
  • Venous leg ulcers
Our solutions
  • Create time– and cost savings in the O.R.
  • Pain causes stress and delays healing
  • Therapeutic approach
  • Cost and risk of microbial contamination
  • NPWT can be painful
  • Risk and consequences of hypothermia
Products & services
  • Advanced Wound Care products
  • Antiseptics
  • Custom procedure trays
  • Dental products
  • Dermatology products
  • Examination Gloves
  • O.R. efficiency partnership program™
  • Orthopaedic products
  • Patient warming
  • Support / Compression
  • Surgical drapes
  • Surgical gloves
  • Surgical staff clothing
Knowledge base
  • Burn care
  • Diabetic foot ulcer
  • Infection prevention
  • NPWT
  • O.R. efficiency
  • Patient warming
  • Post operative blistering
  • Pressure ulcer prevention
  • Product catalogue
  • Radiotherapy
  • Staff & patient safety
  • Surgical product how-tos
  • Venous leg ulcers
  • Wound care
  • Wound care dressing how-tos
News
  • Well attended session on how to improve...
  • Ask the Experts about about the role of...
  • Meet us at EWMA 23-25 May 2012 in...
  • Thanks for visiting us at the EORNA...
  • Introducing MORE - The Mölnlycke Health...
  • Come and meet us at the EORNA Congress
  • New members of the Mölnlycke Board of...
  • Patient warming - before, during and...
  • A fresh look at preoperative body...
About us
  • CEO Statement
  • Social Responsibility
  • Career
  • Media
  • History
  • Governance
  • Global Presence
  • Social Media
  • Contact Directory

© Mölnycke Health Care

  • Contact us
  • Site map
  • Privacy Policy
  • Legal

ATTENTION: Products shown may not be available in all countries. Indication claims may vary from country to country. For market specificproduct information, see the appropriate location section ot this website

RSSYouTubeLinkedinTwitterBlog

Follow Mölnlycke Health Care