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Practice Guideline
. 2024 Jul;22(7):1039-1051.
doi: 10.1111/ddg.15415. Epub 2024 Jun 28.

Diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulcers: S2k Guideline of the German Society of Phlebology and Lymphology (DGPL) e.V

Eva Maria Valesky  1 , Viola Hach-Wunderle  2 , Kerstin Protz  3 , Kim Nikola Zeiner  1 , Cornelia Erfurt-Berge  4 , Falk Goedecke  5 , Björn Jäger  6 , Birgit Kahle  7 , Holger Kluess  8 , Michaela Knestele  9 , Anja Kuntz  10 , Claas Lüdemann  11 , Markus Meissner  1   12 , Katja Mühlberg  13 , Dominic Mühlberger  14 , Felizitas Pannier  15 , Claus-Georg Schmedt  16 , Thomas Schmitz-Rixen  17 , Anke Strölin  18 , Stefan Wilm  19 , Eberhard Rabe  15 , Markus Stücker  20 , Joachim Dissemond  21
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Practice Guideline

Diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulcers: S2k Guideline of the German Society of Phlebology and Lymphology (DGPL) e.V

Eva Maria Valesky et al. J Dtsch Dermatol Ges. 2024 Jul.

Abstract

This S2k guideline on venous leg ulcers was created on the initiative and under the leadership of the German Society of Phlebology and Lymphology (DGPL). The guideline group also consisted of representatives from the German Society for Phlebology and Lymphology, German Dermatological Society, German Society for General Medicine, German Society for Angiology, German Society for Vascular Surgery and Vascular Medicine, German Society for Surgery, German Society for Dermatosurgery, German Society for Wound Healing and Wound Treatment, Professional Association of Phlebologists and Lymphologists and Initiative Chronische Wunden. The aim of this guideline is to combine the different approaches and levels of knowledge of the respective professional groups on the basis of consensus, so that a basic concept for the best possible treatment of patients with venous leg ulcers can be provided. A total of 70 specific recommendations were formulated and agreed upon, divided into the subject areas of diagnostics, therapy, prevention of recurrences, and everyday challenges. The guideline thus reflects the current state of scientific knowledge and is intended to be widely used as the best available document for the treatment of patients with venous leg ulcers in everyday clinical practice.

Keywords: chronic venous insufficiency; chronic wounds; compression therapy; leg ulcers; pain.

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