Venous Ulcers

Section 1: Chronic venous insufficiency - basic considerations 1. Pathophysiology of chronic venous disease: genetic, molecular and biochemical mechanisms 2. Venous hemodynamics and microcirculation in chronic venous insufficiency 3. Venous ulcers of the lower extremity: etiology, risks and predictive factors 4. Venous ulcers of the lower extremity: epidemiology and socio-economic burden

Section 2: Clinical evaluation and diagnostic modalities 5. Initial clinical evaluation in patients with chronic venous insufficiency 6. Ultrasound evaluation of lower extremity chronic venous disease 7. The diagnosis of major venous outflow obstruction in chronic venous insufficiency 8. Hypercoagulable states associated with chronic venous insufficiency 9. The chronically swollen leg with ulcers - finding the cause: theory and practice 10. Lower extremity wounds associated with mixed venous and arterial insufficiency and relevant differential diagnosis 11. Assessment tools and wound documentation for patients with chronic venous insufficiency

Section 3: Non-operative management of chronic venous insufficiency and wound care 12. Compression therapy in venous leg ulcers 13. Wound healing: adjuvant therapy and treatment adherence 14. Negative pressure wound healing for venous ulcers 15. Medical therapies for chronic venous insufficiency 16. Treatment modalities for the management of nonhealing wounds in patients with chronic venous insufficiency 17. Deep vein thrombosis and prevention of postthrombotic syndrome 18. Improving treatment outcomes - management of coexisting comorbidities in patients with venous ulcers 19. Emerging modalities in local treatment of venous ulcers: advanced dressings, bioengineering, and biologics

Section 4: Operative and endovascular procedures for chronic venous insufficiency 20. Benefits of superficial venous intervention (surgery or endovenous ablation) in the treatment of venous leg ulceration 21. Superficial surgery and perforator interruption in the treatment of venous leg ulcers 22. Endovascular techniques for superficial vein ablation in treatment of venous ulcers 23. Treatment of chronic venous insufficiency with foam sclerotherapy 24. Ultrasound guidance for endovenous treatment 25. Iliac vein stenting in venous leg ulcers 26. Venous valve reconstructions in patients with severe chronic venous insufficiency

Section 5: Special considerations 27. Treatment of recalcitrant venous ulcers with free tissue transfer for limb salvage 28. Management of venous ulcers in patients with congenital vascular malformations 29. Lymphatic disorders in pathogenesis of chronic venous insufficiency

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• Anatomia
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Adhesion molecules; Advanced venous disease; Allografts; Anticoagulation; Arterial hypertension; Arterio-venous (AV) shunts; Assessment; Bioengineered dressings; Biologic dressings; C6 disease; Cardiac disease; Care; CEAP; Chronic iliofemoral venous obstruction; Chronic leg ulcers; Chronic venous disease; Chronic venous insufficiency; Chronic venous obstruction; Chronic wound; Chronic; Clinical history; Compression bandages; Compression therapy; Compression; Congenital vascular malformations; Cytokines; Debridement; Deep vein thrombosis; Deep venous reflux; Deep venous surgery; Diabetes; Duplex ultrasound; DVT; Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (dceMRI)Embryonic vein; Edema; Elastic and inelastic bandages; Endothelial dysfunction; Endovascular therapy; Endovenous ablation; Endovenous laser ablation; Endovenous saphenous ablation; Endovenous thermal ablation; Epidemiology; EVLA; Extracellular matrix; Exudatae management; Foam sclerotherapy; Free flap; Free radicals; Free tissue transfer; Glycocalyx; Graduated compression stocking; Great saphenous vein; Hemodynamics; Iliac vein stent; Iliac vein; Incidence; Infection; Inflammation; Insufficiency; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Intravascular ultrasound; Iron; Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome; Lateral marginal vein; Leg ulcer; Leg wound; Limb salvage; Loss of antithrombotic function; Lymphedema; Major venous outflow obstruction; Matrix metalloproteinases; May-Thurner syndrome; Medications; Microcirculation; Microembolization; Micronized purified flavonoid fraction (MPFF)Ruscus extract; Microphlebectomy; Muscle pumping function impairment; Negative pressure wound therapy; Nonthrombotic iliac vein lesions; Obesity; Operative treatment; Outcomes; Pelvic venous congestion syndrome; Perforator ablation; Perforator vein; Peripheral artery disease; Periprocedural monitoring; Phlebolymphedema; Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha gene (PIK3CA)Post thrombotic syndrome; Postthrombotic syndrome; Post-thrombotic; Prevalence; Prothrombotic state; Psychosocial status; Pulsed wave Doppler; Radiofrequency ablation; Radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy; Reactive nitrogen species; Reactive oxygen species; Recalcitrant; Reconstruction; Reflux; RFA; Sclerotherapy agents; Selective thrombophilia screening; Skin substitute; Skin substitutes; Skin ulcer; Steep reverse Trendelenburg; Stent; Swolle legs; Tributary vein reflux; Tumescent anesthesia; Ulcer; Ultrasound guidancefoam sclerotherapy; Valve reconstruction; Varicose veins; Vascular diseases; Vascular ulcers; VCSS; Venoactive drugs (VADS)Venous hypertension; Venous insufficiency; Venous leg ulcer; Venous leg ulcers; Venous plexus ulcer bed; Venous reflux; Venous stasis; Venous ulcer patient; Venous ulcer; Venous; Wallstent; Wound dressing; Wound healing; Wounds; Xenografts