DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2020.v06i01.005

Pages: 16-19

Chronic ulceration of the lower legs is a relatively common condition amongst adults, which causes pain and lead to social distress. Venous ulcers generally affects the older population and most commonly in late 60’s.Venous ulceration of the lower limbs is a relatively common condition with symptoms of increasing pain, friable granulation tissue, foul odour, and wound breakdown instead of healing. In the current study a total of 41 study subjects have included who had attended the OPD of department of surgery presenting ulcers of lower limbs at an tertiary care hospital, Kuppam. 79.54% of the study subjects belong to 31-60 years of age group.75% were observed to be completely healed and the remaining 17 out of 44 study subjects were not healed. Management of patients with chronic leg ulcers has to be multidimensional and a detailed history, physical examination, necessary investigations, basic and newer treatment modalities should be included and the most important one is to educate the patients on issues of appropriate foot care and the importance of seeking early medical care.