title: Management of venous ulcers: State of the art.
abstract: Venous ulceration is a complex and serious problem that affects 1-2% of the global elderly population (>65 years), and its incidence is constantly increasing. The population group with higher risk of development of venous ulceration is the elderly. These lesions have a significant negative impact on patients' quality of life. Our aim was to analyze the state of the art, starting with the medical literature review. The evidence supports that managing chronic wounds with a multidisciplinary wound care team significantly increases wound healing and reduces the severity of wound-associated pain and the required daily wound treatments compared with persons who are not managed by such a team.
authors.affiliation: University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: silviamarola@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marola
authors.affiliation: University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: alessia.ferrarese@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alessia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrarese
authors.affiliation: University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: mariosolej@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solej
authors.affiliation: University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: stefano_e@libero.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Enrico
authors.affiliation: University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: mario.nano@unito.it.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nano
authors.affiliation: University of Turin, Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Teaching Hospital "San Luigi Gonzaga", Section of General Surgery, Orbassano, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: valtermartino.md@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Valter
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058128:Compression Bandages; D019468:Disease Management; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011788:Quality of Life; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D014945:Wound Healing
keywords: Chronic leg ulcers; Chronic venous insufficiency; Chronic venous ulceration