title: [Recognizing and treating complications of venous and venous/arterial leg ulcers].
abstract: Several signs can point to an infection of a leg ulcer and lead to the setting up of suitable treatment (new generation antiseptics and silver impregnated dressings). The observation of an increase in the number of bacteria characterises a pre-infectious phase. A biopsy can identify the germ responsible for the infection. A risk of cancerous degeneration is a possibility. Treatment is then generally surgical.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gériatrie, Unité Gériatrique Plaies et Cicatrisation, Hôpital Rothschild, AP-HP, Paris. sylvie.meaume@rth.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meaume
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*