title: Pinch grafting of leg ulcers. A retrospective study of 412 treated ulcers in 146 patients.
abstract: In a retrospective study of 412 leg ulcers in 146 patients treated with pinch grafting, with a mean duration of follow-up of 32 months (range 2-84), the overall healing rate was 38%. The healing rate was best in the vasculitic ulcers (56%), followed by venous ulcers (38%), arteriosclerotic ulcers (33%), mixed ulcers (33%) and "other ulcers" (20%). In the series as a whole, the mean duration of ulcer problems was 8 years, and that of the 412 ulcers treated 2.5 years; the mean recurrence rate was 28%, and the mean remission time 12.5 months. In the ulcers that were still healed at close of the study (comprising 27% (112/412) of the series), the remission time was > or = 26.6 months. Thus we consider pinch grafting to be a successful complement to conservative therapy in most types of ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tegner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013548:Sweden; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology